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NEW     YORK: 

Mercantile    Illustrating   Company 

■b*  106    TIMES     BUILDING 

1895 


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COOK  &  HILLS,   ™ 

DEALERS     IN 

Foreign    and    Domestic    Dry    Goods. 

AGENTS    FOR    BUTTERICK'S    PATTERNS. 


MANUFACTURERS    AND    REPAIRERS    OF    UMBRELLAS. 


Nos.   359   to   365    Main    Street. 


TN   the  diy-goods  trade  special  enterprise  and  ability  always  tell.      Competition  in  this  branch  of  business  is  particularly  keen — the 
more   so  in  a  city  of  the  size  and   importance  of  Hartford.      The  goods  themselves  are  so  often  dependent  upon  the  whims  01 
fashion  that  none  but  a  wide-awake  dealer  is  able  to  keep  abreast  of  the  times.      But  what   seems  exceedingly  difficult  to  one 
is  easily  accomplished   by  another   who   sets   about   it  in  the   right  way.       Messrs.   Cook  &  Hills  have  found  no  difficulty  in  meeting 
the  discriminating  requirements  of  the  people  of  Hartford.     With  a  very  intimate  knowledge  of  the  dry-goods  trade  in  all  its  branches, 
and  prepared  by  long  experience  and  special  aptitude  for  meeting  all  competition,  it  is  not  at  all  surprising  that,  during  the  years  in 
which  they  have  been  in  business  in  this  city  they  should  have  taken  a  place  in  the  front  rank  of  the  responsible  and  representative 
business  men  of  Hartford.      This    is   the   oldest   dry-goods  establishment   in  this  city,  having  been  founded    seventy-two  years  ago  by- 
Mr.  Reuben  Langdon,  who  was  succeeded  by  his  son  under  the  firm  name  of  Joseph  Langdon  &  Co.     The  present  firm,  consisting  of  Messrs. 
C.  W.  Cook  and   C.  S.  Hills,   having  grown  up  in   the  business,   succeeded  to  the  control   about  twelve   years   ago.     The  prei"' 
occupied  are  located  at  Nos.  359-365  Main  Street,  and  comprise   a  fine  store   70  x  120   feet  in  size  with  basements.      Kin- 
given  to  fifty  experienced  assistants,  and  a  well-selected  and  extensive  assortment  of  foreign  and  domestic  dry  goods  if 
are  also  manufacturers  and  repairers  of  umbrellas.     Their  prices  are  very  reasonable,  and  bargains  may  be  obtai'- 
Both  members  of  the  firm  are  natives  of  Hartford,  and  widely  and  favorably  known. 


MAIN    AND    PRATTS    STREETS. 


Brown,  Thomson  &  Company, 

DRY    GOODS, 

380,  398,  400,  402  Main  Street. 


*  I  ^HIS  leading  house  "has  been  established  for  a  quarter  of  a  century,  and  although  one  of  the  original  partners,  Mr.  Brown,  is 
-*-  deceased,  the  name  of  the  firm  has  been  unchanged  from  the  start.  The  present  partners  are  Messrs.  Jas.  M.  Thomson, 
George  A.  Gay,  William  Campbell  and  Harry  B.  Strong.  The  new  store  premises  are  undoubtedly  the  most  elegant  and  modernly 
equipped  of  the  kind  in  the  State,  allowing  an  extremely  large  amount  of  space  on  the  ground  floor,  consisting  of  the  entire  first 
story  of  the  Cheney  Building,  at  3S0,  398,  400  and  402  Main  Street,  with  a  frontage  on  Main  Street  of  90  feet,  and  extending  back 
150  feet.  It  affords  a  half  of  an  acre  for  the  immense  displays  of  new  goods  handled  by  this  house.  The  Cheney  Block  with  its 
magnificent  frontage  and  facades  of  red  Connecticut  sandstone  is  too  familiar  a  landmark  on  Main  Street  to  need  any  elaborate 
description.  The  constant  expansion  of  the  business  required  the  addition  of  an  "Annex"  in  1890,  70x200  feet  in  dimensions, 
and  in  the  spring  of  1894  they  came  into  possession  of  the  famous  Bee  Hive  store,  which  they  connected  with  their  annex  by  a 
further  addition  of  50  x  50  feet,  comprising  four  floors.  A  very  attractive  feature  of  the  main  store  is  that  the  immense  stock  is  all 
displayed  on  one  floor,  and  is  thus  exceptionally  convenient  for  examination  and  purchase.  The  firm  handle  a  very  extensive  retail 
trade,  undoubtedly  the  largest  in  this  part  of  the  State,  and  with  few  rivals  in  New  England.  They  are  large  importers,  and  are 
constantly  receiving  new  and  elegant  goods.  They  have  made  low  prices  a  part  of  their  business,  and  have  the  well-earned  reputation 
of  offering  a  larger  amount  for  the  money  than  can  be  obtained  this  side  of  New  York.  Besides  the  general  dry-goods  stock,  they 
handle  cloaks  and  suits,  ladies'  and  children's  shoes,  millinery,  carpets,  furniture,  boys'  clothing,  gent's  furnishings,  cut  flowers 
and  candies.  They  have  also  special  lines  of  household  goods,  baby  carriages,  toys  and  novelties  at  prices  which  command  the 
popular  trade.  In  the  balcony  of  their  annex  building  is  a  spacious  restaurant  where  a  lunch  can  be  had  at  any  hour  of  the  day. 
This,  with  the  advantages  of  pleasant  waiting  and  toilet  rooms,  makes  their  big  store  a  delightful  place  for  the  shoppers,  and  the 
sensible  housewives  of  this  section  of  the  State  make  regular  pilgrimages  to  this  Mecca  of  all  retail  purchasers,  and  the  highest 
testimony  to  the  superiority  of  the  store  will  be  given  by  its  thousands  of  regular  customers.  Mr.  Jas.  Thomson,  the  senior  member 
of  the  firm,  is  one  of  the  oldest  merchants  of  Hartford,  and  has  been  closely  associated  with  its  important  interests  throughout  the 
most  progressive  period  in  its  history. 


MAIN    STREET. 


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"LTARTFORD  has  long  been  noted  as  the  commercial  centre  of  the  beautiful  and  prosperous 
Connecticut  Valley,  and  the  command  of  capital  and  well-defined  energy  and  enterprise 
of  her  merchants  have  enabled  her  to  maintain  this  supremacy  successfully  and  perma- 
nently. One  of  the  leading  and  representative  business  men  of  the  city  is  Mr.  Joseph  G.  Lane, 
who  controls  a  large  and  growing  trade  as  a  wholesale  dealer  in  liquors  of  both  domestic  and 

foreign  production.     As  a  boy  he  entered  the  employ  of  Mr.  J.  W.  Danforth,  who  began  business 

in   1834,    and  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  merchants  of  his  time.      By  energy  and  marked 

ability  Mr.   Lane  won  his  way  to  the  highest  position  in  the  house,  eventually  being  admitted  to 

partnership  with  the  founder  under  the  firm  name  of  J.  W.  Danforth  &  Co.      After  the  death  of 

Mr.   Danforth  Mr.  Lane  assumed  full  control  of  the  business,   and  the  great  prosperity  it  has 

enjoyed  during  the  past  twenty  years  is  the  direct  result  of  his  individual  efforts,  his  ability  as  a 

merchant  and  his  popularity  as  a  man.     The  premises  occupied  at  Nos.  222,  224  and  226  State 

Street  have  a  frontage  of  thirty  feet  and  a  depth  of  one  hundred  feet,  four  floors  being  utilized. 

An  immense  stock  of  choice  liquors,  wines,  brandies,  etc.,  is  carried — a  specialty  being  made  of 

case  goods,  among  which  figure  prominently  "Old  Crow,"  "Old  Pepper,"  "Hermitage,"  "Belle 

of  Nelson"  and  other  famous  whiskeys.     The  house  employs  four  assistants,  Major  Frank  Cowles, 

who  has  represented  it  on  the  road  for  the  past  thirty-one  years,  being  popularly  known  throughout 

the  length  and  breadth  of  New  England.     This  house  is  noted  for  the  length  of  time  its  employees 

stay — among  whom  we  would  mention  Geo.  S.  Haskell,  bookkeeper,  twenty-eight  years;  Dennis 

McAuliffe,  porter,  thirty  years,  and  John  Lynch,  twenty-five  years. 


D.  H.  BUNNT&  CO.,  Jewelers;  Watch  and  Jewelry  Re- 
pairing; No.  175  Asylum  Street. — It  is  annoying  to  lose  your  watch,  but  that 
is  the  end  of  it.  If  you  keep  your  watch,  and  your  watch  does  uot  keep  time, 
the  annoyance  stays  right  with  you,  and  the  only  way  to  get  rid  of  it  is  to  take 
the  recalcitrant  tirHepiece  to  somebody  who  knows  how  to  put  it  in  proper 
order.  Messrs.  D.  H.  Blinn  &  Co.,  the  well-known  jewelers,  of  No.  175  Asylum 
Street,  make  the  repairing  of  watches  a  special  aud  important  part  of  their 
business.  Their  work  is  always  conscientiously  done,  and  can  always  be 
depended  upon,  and  their  prices  are  most  reasonable.  They  repair  every  kind 
of  watch,  but  make  a  feature  of  fine  and  complicated  timepieces.  The  firm 
are  old-established,  and  enjoy  a  high  reputation,  not  only  because  of  the  char- 
acter of  their  work  in  the  repairing  of  watches  aud  jewelry,  but  from  the 
superior  quality  and  reliability  of  the  stock  they  carry.  They  make  a  specialty 
of  watches  and  diamonds,  and  particularly  of  the  quick-train  Rockford  watch, 
which  is  especially  adapted  to  the  requirements  of  railroad  men  and  travelers. 
Their  establishment  at  No.  175  Asylum  Street  is  handsomely  fitted  and  well 
stocked,  the  space  occupied  being  20x50  feet  in  extent. 


A.  R.  HUI,I,,  Dealer  in' All  Kinds  of  iMeat,  Poultry,  Game, 
Vegetables,  Fruit,  Fish,  Oysters,  Clams,  Lobsters,  Etc.,  No.  61  Market  Street, 
Opposite  Foot  of  Kinsley  Street. — The  commercial  advantages  of  Hartford  have 
brought  men  of  enterprise  and  capital  to  establish  themselves  in  our  midst,  and 
nearly  every  branch  of  industry  is  here  carried  on  vigorously.  The  establish- 
ment located  at  No.  61  Market  Street,  opposite  the  foot  of  Kinsley  Street,  is 
one  of  the  oldest  in  the  city,  aud  is  now  under  the  able  management  of  Mr.  A. 
R.  Hull,  who  has  a  thorough  and  practical  knowledge  of  all  its  details,  to  which 
he  devotes  his  close  personal  attention,  thus  ensuring  his  customers  every  pos- 
sible advantage  to  be  obtained  in  the  city.  This  market  comprises  one  floor, 
25x80  feet  in  size,  which  is  well  stocked  with  a  choice  selection  of  meats, 
poultry,  game,  vegetables,  fruit,  fish,  oysters,  clams,  lobsters,  etc.  The  exten- 
sive retail  trade  of  this  house  requires  the  employment  of  a  large  force  of 
experienced  assistants,  and  orders  receive  prompt  attention,  and  goods  are 
delivered  to  all  parts  of  the  city.  Popular  prices  prevail,  and  a  very  large  trade 
is  catered  to.  Mr.  Hull  is  well  known,  not  only  as  a  liberal  buyer,  but  as  a  man 
with  whom  business  relations  prove  not  only  profitable,  but  pleasant  and  lasting. 


H.  F.  CORNING  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  All  Kinds  of 
Harness ;  Sole  Agents  for  Fennell's  Kentucky  Horse  Boots';  No.  83  Asylum 
Street. — Economy  is  a  virtue  that  is  too  apt  to  be  practiced  in  the  breach 
rather  than  in  the  observance,  the  average  buyer  of  goods  of  whatever  descrip- 
tion seeming  to  be  possessed  of  the  idea  that  in  buying  cheaply  he  is  being 
economical.  Nothing  could  be  further  from  the  truth  in  most  cases,  since  nine 
times  out  of  ten  the  cheapest  goods  are  the  poorest  goods.  Striking.examples 
of  this  fact  are  to  be  found  in  harness,  for,  while  good  harness  may  at  times  be 
cheap,  cheap  harness  is  never  good.  This  seeming  paradox  is  capable  of  ready 
explanation.  Good  harness  is  cheap  when  it  is  sold  at  reasonable  prices,  while 
no  matter  how  cheap  poor  goods  may  be  they  are  dear  at  any  price.  One  of 
the  oldest  and  largest  harness  firms  in  Hartford,  dealing  ou  both  a  wholesale 
and  retail  scale,  has  made  the  high  reputation  it  sustains  through  selling  only 
first-class  goods  at  moderate  prices.  We  refer  to  Messrs.  H.  F.  Corning  &  Co., 
of  No.  83  Asylum  Street,  manufacturers  of,  and  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in, 
all  kinds  of  harness.  The  present  firm  was  organized  in  1869,  and  succeeded 
to  the  business  established  by  Mr.  Ralph  Goodwin  in  1S12,  aud  is  therefore 
entitled  to  the  distinction  of  being  the  oldest  house  in  its  line  in  the  city.  They 
have  a  large  and  convenient  store,  occupying  two  floors,  each  30x110  feet  in 
dimensions,  and  carry  an  immense  high-grade  stock  of  horse  goods  of  every 
description,  their  average  force  of  employees  numbering  eight.  They  have  a 
large  trade  in  the  New  England  States  generally,  and  a  particularly  prosperous 
local  business.  Their  harness  is  all  hand-made  from  pure  oak  leather,  and 
every  other  article  in  their  stock  is  of  equally  high  quality.  Messrs.  Corning 
&  Co.  are  sole  agents  for  Fennell's  celebrated  Kentucky  horse  boots,  and  handle 
the  equally  celebrated  Burlington  blanket,  which  is  claimed  to  be  the  only 
"stay-on"  blanket  in  the  market. 


S.  B.  BOSWORTH,  Granite  Salt-Glazed  Sewer-Pipe,  Flue 
Linings,  Chimney  Tops,  Etc.;  Manufacturer  of  Stone  and  Earthenware;  Fac- 
tory, Nos.  38,  40  and  42  Front  Street. — The  question  of  drainage  is  now  regarded 
as  by  far  the  most  important  affecting  our  modern  city  life,  and  must  become 
increasingly  so  with  our  steady  advauce  in  population.  A  business  house  which 
has  for  over  a  century  been  the  pioneer  and  leader  in  this  department  of  New 
England  and  national  trade  is  that  conducted  by  Mr.  S.  B.  Bosworth,  of  Hart- 
ford, whose  extensive  plant  is  situated  at  Nos.  38-42  Front  Street,  in  immediate 
connection  with  railroad  and  river.  These  works  and  their  output  represent 
the  very  highest  development  of  manufacture  in  their  lines.  The  business  was 
established  in  17S0,  and  has  been  conducted  without  interruption  since  that 
time.  Mr.  S.  B.  Bosworth  has  had  entire  control  for  the  past  twenty  years. 
The  main  building  is  125  x  150  feet  iu  dimensions,  three  stories  high.  There  is 
a  second  building,  70x160  feet  (three  stories),  with  several  others  adjoining; 
thirty-five  large  kilns  and  very  extensive  drying  aud  storage  yards,  covering 
about  two  acres.  The  great  specialty  for  which  this  plant  is  famous  is  the 
grauite  salt-glazed  sewer-pipe,  beyond  question  the  most  enduring  and  reliable 
made  in  this  country.  The  methods  of  manufacture  have  been  long  and  care- 
fully perfected,  and  this  pipe  is  used  by  leading  engineers  and  experts  through- 
out the  United  States.  It  is  sold  at  liberal  wholesale  figures,  and,  considering 
service,  is  much  the  cheapest  in  the  market.  Mr.  Bosworth  also  manufactures 
flue  linings,  chimney  tops,  etc.,  and  stone  and  earthenware  of  every  kind.  The 
material  used  and  superior  process  enable  him  to  supply  the  highest  grade  of 
goods  at  very  low  figures.  He  carries  a  very  extensive  and  complete  stock, 
with  first-class  facilities  for  prompt  shipment  by  rail  or  water.  The  trade  is 
chiefly  through  New  England,  but  large  consignments  are  shipped  to  many 
other  points. 


Payne,  Cornwall  &  Co. 

Nos.  405  &  407  Allyn   Street. 


.  .  .  Wholesale   Dealers  in  .  .  . 

Flour,  Butter,  Cheese,  Lard, 
Salt,  Beans  and  Provisions. 


'~pHE  wholesale  house 
-*-  of  Payne,  Cornwall 
&  Co.  was  organized 
March,  1 891,  by  Edward 
S.  Payne,  Lester  L.  Pot- 
ter and  D.  W.  Cornwall, 
and  almost  from  the  start 
sprang  into  a  large  and 
profitable  trade. 

In  these  days  of  sleep- 
less, untiring  competition 
it  was  no  small  undertak- 
ing to  establish  a  whole- 
sale business  in  the  midst 
of  old  and  very  wealthy 
houses,  and  with  men  of 
less  determination  and 
ability  the  attempt  would 
undoubtedly  have  been 
followed  by  failure. 

The  history  of  this  firm 
is  an  exceedingly  remark- 
able one.  In  three  years 
they  have  twice  doubled 
the  volume  of  their  busi- 
ness, and  have  pushed 
forward  into  the  very 
front  rank  of  New  Eng- 
land merchants.  Their 
Hartford  offices  are  at 
Nos.    405     to    407    Allyn 


TAVNE,  CORNWALL   &   CO.,  HARTFORD,  CONN.,  U.  S.  A. 


Street,  where  they  occupy 
two  floors  in  a  handsome 
modern  building.  Their 
stock  of  goods  in  Hart- 
ford is  a  large  one,  but 
they  also  hire  storehouses 
in  a  large  number  of 
cities  throughout  Connec- 
ticut and  Western  Massa- 
chusetts, their  method  of 
business  being  to  ship 
cars  from  Western  and 
importing  points  direct  to 
central  places,  from  which 
distribution  is  made  to 
the  smaller  towns.  By 
this  method  they  save 
the  expense  of  one  freight. 
The  energy  and  skill 
with  which  Payne,  Corn- 
wall &  Co.  have  steadily 
built  up  and  extended 
their  business,  increasing 
their  territory  from  time 
to  time,  until  now  they 
cover  almost  all  parts  of 
Connecticut  and  Western 
Massachusetts,  is  com- 
pletely evidenced  by  su- 
perior standards  and  un- 
varying success.     One  of 


their  most  successful  specialties  is  flour,  which  they  handle  in  large  quantities,  and  have  perfected  their  shipping  facilities  so  as  to  make  the  most  extensive 
consignments  on  short  notice.  Payne,  Cornwall  &  Co.  have  the  reputation  of  being  good  judges  of  credit  and  sharp  collectors,  but  this  fact  is  more  than 
balanced  by  prices  which  are  invariably  level  with  the  very  lowest  quotations  and  by  goods  of  superior  quality. 

In  their  lines  of  fresh  creamery  butter,  cheese,  lard,  salt  and  provisions,  they  handle  a  trade  which  have  few  rivals.  Recently  they  have  added  a  paper 
department,  in  which  they  keep  all  grades  of  wrapping  paper,  butchers'  straw  and  waterproof,  paper  bags  and  flour  sacks. 

In  their  Hartford  store  are  to  be  found  the  goods  which  bakers  use,  not  only  flour  of  every  kind,  but  chocolate,  cocoanut,  jelly,  and  pie  preparations. 
Their  bakers'  department  is  in  fact  a  very  important  part  of  their  business. 

This  article  has  spoken  of  their  shrewdness  and  tact,  but  one  very  important  reason  for  their  success  has  been  that  their  entire  force  of  office  help,  sales- 
men, shippers  and  truckmen  are  taught  to  work  by  the  constant,  persistent  energy  of  the  partners,  who  are  always  at  business.  The  principle  that  "nothing 
succeeds  like  success  "  have  some  limitations,  but  it  receives  a  very  large  and  forceful  illustration  in  the  history  of  Payne,  Cornwall  &  Co. 


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THE   CAPITOL    AND    MEMORIAL    ARCH. 


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COOPERATIVE     COAL     COMPANY, 

80    STATE     STREET. 

THE  co-operative  principle  as  applied  to  the  conduct  of  business  enterprises  is  growing  in  favor.  Co-operative  establishments  are  becoming  more  and  more 
numerous  in  all  parts  of  the  country,  and  the  uniform  success  attending  their  operations  indicates  that  they  appeal  directly  to  the  intelligence  and  com- 
mon sense  of  the  community.  One  of  the  latest  important  commercial  undertakings  based  on  this  principle  is  the  Co-operative  Coal  Company  of  Hart- 
ford, which  was  organized  in  January,  1S94,  to  conduct  a  retail  business  in  coal.  It  has  a  capital  stock  of  $20,000,  and  is  officered  by  men  of  marked  ability 
and  high  standing  in  this  community.  The  President  of  the  company  is  Mr.  J.  F.  Swords,  and  its  Treasurer  is  Mr.  H.  G.  Kellogg,  both  long  residents  of  this 
city  and  prominent  business  men.  The  business  of  the  company  is  conducted  solely  in  the  interest  of  its  stockholders,  and  the  measure  of  success  already 
obtained  is  conclusive  evidence  that  the  company  affords  one  safe,  certain  and  profitable  field  for  investment.  In  a  city  such  as  Hartford,  the  natural 
source  of  supply  of  a  large  manufacturing  centre,  the  consumption  of  coal  is  enormous,  and  the  business  of  supplying  the  demand  thus  created,  if  prosecuted 
with  the  intelligence  and  ability  which  mark  the  conduct  of  the  affairs  of  the  Co-operative  Coal  Company,  must  of  necessity  bring  continually  large  returns. 
Moreover,  such  a  company  presents  decided  advantages  to  the  consumer,  since  its  expenses  being  reduced  to  a  minimum,  and  its  large  facilities  presenting 
special  advantages  in  obtaining  supplies,  it  is  in  a  position  to  accept  lower  prices  than  the  majority  of  its  competitors.  The  Co-operative  Coal  Compauy  has 
well-appointed  offices  at  No.  80  State  Street,  and  employs  an  ample  force  of  competent  assistants,  insuring  prompt  and  satisfactory  service  on  all  occasions. 

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WNCOIyN,  SEYMS  &  CO.  (Successors  to  Allyn  & 
Blanchard  Co.),  Nos.  34,  36,  38  and  40  Market  Street.— Each  year  the  standards 
of  taste  and  correspondingly  the  standards  of  trade  in  New  England  and  other 


sections  are  making  constant  progress,  and  to  keep  in  the  van  of  the  best 
demands  of  the  trade  requires  a  very  large  amount  of  enterprise  and  wide  ex- 
perience. A  leading  and  successful  business  house  in  all  matters  pertaining  to 
its  department  of  trade  is  that  of  Messrs.  Lincoln,  Seyms  &  Co.,  Nos.  34,  36,  38 
and  40  Market  Street.  The  business  has  been  established  here  since  1865,  and 
the  firm  under  its  present  organization  since  1891.  They  are  the  successors  of 
the  old  house  of  Allyn  &  Blanchard  Co.  The  large  modern  store  occupied 
comprises  five  floors  (60x95  feet  in  dimensions),  and  the  firm  also  operate  a 
steam  grinding  and  packing  mill  of  three  floors  (30  x1s  feet),  and  one  floor 
(30x50  feet).  Their  stock  includes  every  kind  of  first-class  grocers' supplies 
at  good  wholesale  prices.  They  are  extensive  importers  of  coffee,  teas  and 
spices,  preparing  and  packing  the  same  in  the  best  modern  manner.  Their 
trade  reaches  throughout  New  England  and  parts  of  New  York  State.  The 
stamp  of  this  house  has  been  for  years  the  mark  of  the  very  best  quality  and 
condition  of  goods.  Their  prices  are  maintained  on  a  liberal  basis,  and  satis- 
faction guaranteed  to  all  purchasers.  The  requirements  of  the  business  demand 
the  constant  employment  of  thirty  people,  and  there  is  no  house  in  the  State 
doing  a  more  extensive  and  thoroughly  successful  trade  than  this  reliable  firm. 


BERNHARD  WEIGEI/T  &  SON,  Tin,  Copper  and 
Sheet-Iron  Workeis,  Stoves,  Ranges,  Furnaces,  Etc.,  No.  136  Main  Street. — 
The  purchase  of  a  stove,  range  or  furnace  is  one  not  to  be  lightly  undertaken, 
for  if  the  best  results  are  to  be  obtained  the  utmost  care  must  be  exercised  in 
the  selection.  There  are  many  good  makes  of  cooking  and  heating  apparatus 
on  the  market,  but  there  is  a  still  larger  number  that,  if  not  absolutely  worth- 
less, are  the  next  thing  to  it,  and  there  is  no  lack  of  dealers  to  aid  in  the  work 
of  deceiving  the  buyer.  The  first  essential  in  the  purchase  of  a  stove  or  furnace 
is  to  find  a  dealer  whose  reputation  assures  you  that  you  will  receive  full  value 
for  your  money.  The  firm  of  Messrs.  Bernhard  Weigelt  &  Son,  of  this  city, 
cannot  be  too  highly  recommended  in  this  regard.  Their  business,  like  their 
reputation,  is  one  of  long  standing,  and  they  never  make  a  representation  that 
may  not  be  fully  relied  upon.  Mr.  Bernhard  Weigelt  founded  the  establish- 
ment thirteen  years  ago,  though  he  has  been  a  resident  of  Hartford  since  1861. 
His  son,  Mr.  W.  P.  Weigelt,  was  admitted  to  partnership  three  years  ago,  at 
which  time  the  present  firm  name  was  adopted.  Their  specialty  is  the 
"Herald"  range,  though  the}-  carry  a  full  stock  of  stoves,  ranges,  furnaces,  tin- 
ware, &c,  at  their  store,  No.  136  Main  Street.  They  also  have  an  extensive 
business  as  tin,  copper  and  sheet-iron  workers,  making  a  specialty  of  tin  roofing 
and  repairing.  Their  working  force  averages  nine  skilled  hands,  and  they  are 
always  in  a  position  to  promptly  execute  all  orders  in  their  line  at  the  most 
moderate  charges. 


WII,I/IAM  BROWN,  No.  552  Main  Street.— With  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  the  business,  the  proprietor  of  the  above-named  house 
established  business  twenty-six  years  ago  under  the  style  of  William  Brown, 
and  at  present  conducts  one  of  the  most  popular  harness-manufacturing  estab- 
lishments in  the  city.  He  occupies  premises  located  at  No.  552  Main  Street, 
covering  an  area  of  25  x  100  feet,  where  he  carries  a  full  line  of  trunks,  traveling 
bags,  harness  and  horse  goods  of  all  kinds.  The  retail  trade  of  this  house  re- 
quires the  services  of  four  capable  assistants,  and  the  details  of  the  entire  busi- 
ness are  under  the  direct  personal  supervision  of  the  proprietor.  Mr.  Brown  is 
a  native  of  New  York,  and  has  been  a  Councilman  for  four  different  terms. 
The  trade  of  this  house,  as  may  be  inferred,  is  a  large  one,  and  ranges  through- 
out the  trade  radius  of  the  city.  A  visit  to  this  establishment  will  prove  profit- 
able to  all  who  require  goods  in  this  particular  line.  This  establishment  is 
perhaps  as  widely  and  favorably  known  as  any  in  the  city  in  its  specialties,  and 
offers  inducements  to  purchasers  not  easily  duplicated. 

THE    CO-OPERATIVE    SAVINGS    SOCIETY    OF 

CONNECTICUT,  No.  49  Pearl  Street.— The  Co-operative  Savings  Society  of 
Connecticut,  incorporated  in  1893,  has  already  taken  its  place  among  the 
strongest  and  most  successful  institutious  of  its  kind  in  the  country.  The 
broad  and  sound  foundations  on  which  it  was  laid,  the  unparalleled  strength 
of  its  management,  and  the  very  liberal  plans  instituted,  have  given  it 
within  the  first  year  a  volume  of  solid  business  unequaled  by  any  other  co-oper- 
ative savings  society  in  New  England.  There  are  now  over  1,200  shareholders, 
with  9,000  shares  of  stock  issued,  in  Connecticut,  reaching  to  every  part  of  the 
State ;  for  it  is  the  plan  of  the  management  to  make  it  a  strictly  State  institution 
with  the  exceptional  facilities  concentrated  at  the  State  capital.  The  careful 
and  reliable  methods,  devised  by  widely  experienced  business  men  after 
thorough  study  of  all  the  savings  society  and  building  loan  association 
methods  in  operation,  have  well  earned  for  this  Society  the  title  of  "a  Gibraltar 
among  savings  institutions."  The  plan  on  which  it  operates  combines  greater 
safety  and  more  liberality  than  is  afforded  by  the  ordinary  savings  banks,  as  it 
loans  only  on  first  mortgages  very  carefully  selected  on  improved  town  and  city 
property  in  Connecticut,  the  same  being  non-negotiable  by  its  charter,  thus 
furnishing  absolute  protection  for  investors.  It  is  also  protected  against  runs, 
which  ofteu  wreck  ordinary  savings  banks.  Being  purely  mutual  and  co-oper- 
ative, the  investor  or  shareholder  becomes  at  once  a  full  participant  in  its 
management,  so  that  the  interests  of  every  depositor  are  one  with  the  organi- 
zation, and  a  more  thorough  management  is  secured  than  is  possible  in  any 
other  way.  By  the  added  feature  of  installment  payments  on  building  loans, 
the  Society  is  made  thoroughly  modern  in  every  feature.  To  the  investor  of 
small  means  its  plans  of  monthly  savings  present  beyond  question  the  most 
remunerative  and  most  reliable  channel  of  investment  that  can  be  secured. 
Earnings  of  12  per  cent,  for  the  first  year  on  sums  even  as  low  as  $1  per 
month  is  something  without  rival  for  the  workiugmen  of  this  section  and  State. 
To  larger  investors,  the  Society's  6   per  cent,  and  7  per  cent,   coupon  stock 


affords  a  very  attractive  investment  upon  a  basis  which,  for  solidity,  cannot  be 
surpassed.  The  most  important  feature  of  all  is  that  whereby  it  secures  to  its 
shareholders,  large  or  small,  the  privilege  of  paying  for  and  possessing  their 
own  homes  with  the  same  money  which  would  be  otherwise  spent  for  rent. 
When  one  makes  careful  examination  of  this  combination  of  strength  and 
liberality,  he  must  be  convinced  that  along  these  lines  must  be  developed  the 
new  and  greatest  financial  institutions  of  the  future.  The  officers  and  directors 
of  the  Society  are  as  follows  : 

GEORGE  POPE,  President. 
Jos.  O.  Goodwin,  Secretary.  Hon.  Ernest  Cady,  1st  Vice-President. 

C  B.   Leach,  Treasurer.  Frank  Midler,  2d  Vice-President. 

Austin  Brainard,  Attorney.  A.  R.  Crittenden,  3d  Vice-President. 

Francis  A.  Crum,  Manager  Agency  Department. 


DIRECTORS   AND   TRUSTEES. 


Chas.   M.  Jarvis. 

Hon.  D.   W.  Williams. 

Hon.  John  M.  Douglas,  Middletown. 

Arthur  B.  Ryan. 

Henry  Roberts. 

Amos  Whitney. 

Chas.  F.  Hurd. 

S.  Loewith. 

George  T.  Meech. 

A.  E.  Kilbourne. 

A.  R.  Crittenden. 

Hon.  Chas.  L.  Upham. 

Hon.  Herbert  E.  Benton. 

Francis  A.  Crum. 

Samuel  H.  Read. 

Francis  E.  Hunn. 

Hon.  Zalmon  Goodsell. 

Hon.  Jno.  M.  Hall. 

Geo.  L.  Ellsbree. 

Hon.  Chas.  E.  House. 

Hon.  J.  Addison  Porter. 

Hon.  D.   N.  Camp. 


George  Pope. 

Frank  Miller. 

Jos.  O.  Goodwin. 

Hon.  Wm.  H.  Marigold. 

Hon.  Ernest  Cady. 

James  Youngs. 

I.  L.  Holt. 

Hon.  Isaac  E.  Palmer. 

Hon.  L.  S.  Forbes. 

Charles  Reynolds. 

Austin  Brainard. 

C  B.  Leach. 

Hon.  Frank  L.  Wilcox. 

Dr.  Chas.  C.  Godfrey. 

Hon.  L.  B.   Plimpton. 

Hon.  N.  D.  Sperry. 

Hon.  Morgan  G.  Bulkeley. 

W.  H.  Elliott. 

Warren  L.  Hall. 

Edward  Dexter. 

E.  B.  Cowles. 

George  H.  Clowes. 


CONNECTICUT   TRUST   &   SAFE   DEPOSIT   COMPANY, 

hartford, 

Depository  and  Trustee. 

These  gentlemen  are  men  of  the  highest  standing  throughout  Connecticut, 
whose  names  are  so  well  known  that  reference  to  them  is  alone  required  to 
show  the  great  resources  and  pre-eminently  representative  character  of  the 
Society  as  a  State  savings  institution.  A  careful  examination  of  the  various 
plans  and  opportunities  presented  by  this  Society  will  prove  of  extreme  interest 
and  value  to  every  one  of  our  readers. 


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CHARTER  OAK  MARBLE  AND  GRANITE 

WORKS,  Karl  J.  Beij,  Proprietor,  No.  93  Charter  Oak  Avenue. — From  the 
earliest  days  of  which  there  is  record  men  have  desired  to  perpetuate  their 
memory  by  sculptured  marbles  and  immemorial  stone.  It  answers  a  great 
craving  of  human  sympathy,  and  will  doubtless  continue  to  do  so  as  long  as 
society  contains  anything  that  is  beautiful  or  worthy.  A  well-known  and 
reliable  establishment  in  this  department  of  local  work  is  that  conducted  by 
Mr.  Karl  J.  Beij,  and  known  throughout  this  part  of  the  State  as  the  "  Charter 
Oak  Marble  and  Granite  Works."  It  is  located  at  No.  93  Charter  Oak  Avenue 
and  has  been  iu  successful  operation  here  for  years.  Mr.  Beij  is  a  long- 
experienced  and  thorough  master  of  every  form  of  marble  and  granite  sculptur- 
ing. He  has  made  a  special  study  of  memorial  work,  and  his  facilities  for 
artistic  execution  and  durable  results  are  unsurpassed  in  this  section.  He 
carries  a  large  stock  of  monuments,  gravestones  and  all  kinds  of  cemetery 
stonework  iu  marble  and  granite.  He  can  also  execute  special  designs  to  order 
with  prompt  and  thorough  accuracy.  His  prices  will  be  found  uniformly  fair 
and  reasonable.  A  special  feature  is  made  of  cleaning  and  engraving  old 
monuments,  and  this  is  a  line  of  service  which  has  been  much  appreciated. 
Mr.  Beij  employs  four  reliable  and  expert  assistants.  He  can  afford  very 
superior  facilities  in  this  line,  and  our  readers  can  be  assured  of  receiving  at  the 
Charter  Oak  Marble  and  Granite  Works  most  courteous  and  satisfactory  treat- 
ment at  all  times. 


STATE  MUTUAL  FIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY, 

Isaac  Cross,  Jr.,  President  and  Treasurer;  F.  H.  Daniels,  Secretary;  Telephone 
Call  144-4. — No  New  England  city  has  a  more  distinctive  business  character 
than  Hartford,  and  a  line  in  which  it  has  long  and  eminently  excelled  is  that 
of  insurance.  The  State  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company  has  its  offices  situated 
here,  and  is  known  throughout  the  country  as  a  representative  institution  in  its 
department.  The  management  of  the  company  since  it  was  incorporated 
twenty-seven  years  ago  has  been  marked  by  conservative  and  reliable  methods, 
so  that  its  reputation  for  fair  and  liberal  dealings  is  of  the  very  highest  kind. 
The  resources  have  been  accumulated  by  a  long  period  of  solid  growth,  and  no 
company  is  more  prompt  and  exact  in  meeting  all  just  claims.  The  president 
and  treasurer,  Isaac  Cross,  Jr.,  has  been  connected  with  the  company  since  its 
organization,  and  now  holds  the  first  insurance  agency  established  here,  being 
more  than  fifty  years  ago,  comprising  the  following  old  reliable  companies : 
Girard,  of  Philadelphia,  $1,580,336.11;  Glens  Falls,  of  N.  Y.,  $1,980,713.37; 
Williamsburg  City,  $1,527,173.21 ;  Sun  Insurance  Co.,  London,  established  1710, 
$2,671,250.50;  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  $1,685,591.31.  Mutual  companies :  Merch- 
ants' and  Farmers',  Holyoke,  Fitchburg,  paying  25,  50  and  70  per  cent, 
dividend  to  policy  holders.  Mr.  F.  H.  Daniels,  Secretary,  has  been  associated 
with  the  company  and  insurance  business  for  a  number  of  years.  Their  facilities 
will  be  found  most  reliable  and  first  class  by  our  readers  desiring  the  best 
satisfaction  in  this  department. 


HENRY  D.  FROST,  Fine  Family  Groceries,  No.  595 
Main  Street. — We  take  especial  pleasure  in  making  favorable  and  prominent 
mention  of  such  an  establishment  as  is  carried  on  by  Mr.  Henry  D.  Frost,  for 
he  is  a  dealer  in  fine  family  groceries  who  has  the  disposition,  the  ability  and 
the  facilities  to  render  first-class  service  to  the  public  at  fair  prices,  so  that  he 
may  justly  be  called  a  public  benefactor,  although  he  is  in  the  business  to  make 
money,  and  has  never  claimed  that  he  was  carrying  on  a  sort  of  a  charitable 
institution,  as  is  in  effect  claimed  by  dealers  who  are  always  selling  "below- 
cost,"  and,  iu  fact,  almost  giving  things  away — that  is,  if  you  can  believe  what 
they  say.  But  Mr.  Henry  Frost  is  well  prepared  to  sell  "as  low  as  the  lowest," 
quality  considered,  and  he  does  it,  too,  as  is  indicated  by  the  magnitude  of  his 
business.  Premises  at  No.  595  Main  Street  are  occupied  which  measure  20  x  50 
feet  in  size,  and  a  very  fine  stock  is  constantly  carried,  comprising  groceries  in 
almost  endless  variety,  including  a  very  full  line  of  choice  teas  and  coffees, 
standard  brands  of  family  flour,  superior  canned  goods,  and  fresh  butter,  eggs, 
etc.,  in  general.  Two  competent  assistants  are  employed,  and  the  facilities  for 
calling  for  and  delivering  orders  are  such  as  to  assure  prompt  and  reliable 
service,  no  pains  being  spared  to  furnish  as  satisfactory  goods,  when  filling 
house  orders,  as  could  be  obtained  by  customers  personally  visiting  the  store. 
Mr.  Frost  succeeded  Mr.  H.  O.  Case  four  years  ago.  He  is  a  native  of  Hart- 
ford, and  very  well  known. 


HUBE    BROS.,    Family    Bakery ;    Bread,    Cakes    and    Pies 

Fresh  Every  Day;  Orders  Promptly  Attended  To;  No.  466  Main  Street. — A  first- 
class  bakery  is  a  great  public  convenience,  so,  when  we  state  that  Messrs.  Hube 
Bros,  carry  on  an  establishment  comprising  a  bakery  equal  to  the  best  in  every 
respect,  it  is  unnecessary  to  add  that  their  enterprise  is  worthy  of  hearty  public 
support,  and  it  is  gratifying  to  be  able  to  say  that  it  receives  such  support,  it 
being  one  of  the  most  popular  bakeries  in  the  city.  The  premises  utilized  are 
located  at  No.  466  Main  Street,  and  have  an  area  of  2,500  square  feet.  They 
are  very  completely  fitted  up,  among  the  facilities  being  the  latest  and  most 
improved  type  of  bakery  apparatus.  Messrs.  Hube  Bros,  do  an  extensive  retail 
business  in  bread,  cakes  and  pies  of  all  kinds,  their  productions,  being  in  very 
active  demand,  as  they  are  uniformly  excellent  in  quality  and  are  furnished  iu 
quantities  to  suit  at  the  lowest  market  rates.  The  business  was  established  by 
Mr.  R.  P.  Judsou,  succeeded  about  four  years  ago  by  the  preseut  firm,  which  is 
composed  of  Messrs.  Henry  C.  and  John  L.  Hube,  both  natives  of  the  State, 
where  they  learned  their  trade.  The  premises  are  divided  as  follows :  Store  in 
front,  behind  which  is  a  nicely  fitted  up  luuch-room  for  ladies  "and  gentlemen. 
The  bakery  is  in  the  basement,  and,  although  out  of  sight,  presents  a  neatness 
and  cleanliness  which  a  good  housewife  would  appreciate.  Both  gentlemen 
give  the  business  close  personal  supervision,  and  are  determined  to  steadily 
maintain  the  service  at  the  highest  possible  standard  of  efficiency. 


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ENTRANCE   TO   CEDAR   HILE   CEMETERY. 


Thome  Typesetting    Machine   Company. 


TEN  years  ago  Joseph  Thorne  commenced  building  the  first 
Thorne  typesetting  machine  in  this  city,  occupying  a 
small  space  in  the  west  end  of  Colt's  Armory,  and  em- 
ploying five  men.  From  that  small  beginning  has  grown  the 
Thorne  Typesetting  Machine  Company,  with  its  large  plant  of 
machinery,  occupying  a  floor  space  of  fourteen  thousand 
square  feet,  and  employing  over  one  hundred  men. 

The  general  offices  and  manufactory  of  the  company  are 
located  at  No.  581  Capitol  Avenue,  with  branches  in  New  York, 
Chicago,  San  Francisco  and  London. 

The  officers  of  the  company  residing  in  Hartford  are : 
R.  W.  Nelson,  President  ;  E.  F.  Linke,  Treasurer ;  and  E.  J. 
Andrews,  Secretary. 

The  Thorne  Company  manufactures  and  completes  a 
machine  every  other  day.  These  expensive  and  valuable 
machines  sell  for  one  thousand  eight  hundred  dollars  each,  and 
are  designed  for  setting  and  distributing  type  for  books  and 
newspapers. 

These  machines  are  being  shipped  to  all  parts  of  this 
country  and  Europe,  and  two  hundred  and  fifty  Thorne 
machines  are  now  in  use. 

The  only  great  industry  which  was  not  years  ago  trans- 
formed from  hand  work  to  machine  work  was  typesetting,  but 
this  has  at  last  yielded  through  the  perfection  of  the  typeset- 
ting machine. 

Years  of  time  and  millions  of  money  have  been  spent  by 
investors  and  capitalists  in  trying  to  solve  the  problem  of 
setting  type  by  machinery,  and  the  first  machine  to  prove 
itself  a  practical  and  profitable  investment  was  the  Thorne,  and 
from  the  small  beginning  of  ten  years  ago  has  grown  one  of 
the  large  manufacturing  industries  of  Hartford. 

Among  the  publications  set  by  the  Thorne  are  the  '  'Forum, ' ' 
the  "Churchman"  and  the  "Evangelist"  of  New  York,  the 
"Christian  Register"  of  Boston,  the  "Interior"  of  Chicago, 
and  dailies  like  the  "  Post  "  and  "  Mail  and  Express  "  of  New 
York,  the  "Post"  of  Hartford,  the  "Union  and  Palladium" 
of  New  Haven,  the  "Post"  of  Bridgeport,  the  "Press"  of 
Portland,  Maine,  the  "Journal"  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  the  "Daily 
Guardian"  of  Manchester,  England,  the  "  Observer "  of 
Bradford,  England,  etc.,  etc. 


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H.  W.  GRANT  &  CO.,  Meats  and  Provisions,  No.  484 
Asylum  Street. — Among  the  various  popular  and  growing  enterprises  of  the 
City  of  Hartford  which  bear  the  marks  of  increasing  prosperity  is  the  establish- 
ment of  Messrs.  Grant  &  Co.,  located  at  No.  484  Asylum  Street.  The  business 
was  established  ten  years  ago  in  Market  Street  by  Messrs.  Ross  &  Convers ; 
three  years  ago,  however,  the  firm  dissolved,  and  Mr.  I.  A.  Convers  moved  to 
the  present  location,  where  the  new  company  will  continue  the  business.  The 
premises  occupied  for  the  business  measure  25  x  40  feet  in  size,  and  a  complete 
stock  is  carried  of  choice  meats  and  provisions  of  all  kinds.  Employment  is 
given  to  a  sufficient  force  of  capable  assistants,  who  wait  upon  customers  atten- 
tively and  fill  orders  promptly.  The  greatest  care  is  exercised  by  Messrs.  Grant 
&  Co.  in  the  selection  of  their  stock,  which  is  highly  esteemed  by  the  com- 
munity for  its  freshness  and  reasonable  price.  Goods  are  delivered  to  any  part 
of  the  city,  and  every  facility  is  at  hand  for  prosecuting  a  large  and  successful 
busiuess.  The  present  firm  will  spare  no  pains  in  selecting  their  stock,  which 
will  suit  the  most  fastidious. 


HUGO  REUSS,  Designer  and  Engraver  on  Jewelry  and  Metals 

-  of  Every  Description  ;  Die  Sinking,  Stamp  Cutting  and  Patterns  for  Casting  ; 
No.  333  Main  Street,  Hill's  Block,  Room  20. — Prominent  among  the  engravers 
in  Hartford  who  are  recognized  as  especially  skilled  in  their  calling  is  Mr. 
Hugo  Reuss,  who  occupies  small  but  well-arranged  quarters  in  Hill's  Block, 
No.  333  Maiu  Street,  Room  20.  Born  in  Germany,  Mr.  Reuss  wisely  determined 
to  find  a  better  field  for  the  remunerative  exercise  of  his  skill  and  genius,  came 
to  America  and  found  employment  in  Hartford  at  Colt's  Armory  for  five  years, 
after  which  he  started  in  business  for  himself,  having  established  his  present 
enterprise  six  years  ago,  during  which  time  his  talents  have  gained  him  a  large 
and  influential  patronage.  Specimens  of  Mr.  Reuss'  workmanship  show  him 
to  be  an  engraver  of  the  most  versatile  gifts  and  accomplished  attainments. 
He  seems  equally  successful  in  every  branch  of  the  business,  from  the  daintiest 
to  the  largest  and  most  elaborate  plates.  Mr.  Reuss  is  a  designer  and  engraver 
on  jewelry  and  metals  of  every  description,  is  also  prepared  to  execute  orders 
for  die  sinking,  stamp  cutting  and  patterns  for  casting,  and  makes  a  specialty 
of  new  designs,  which  are  particularly  artistic  and  original.  Mr.  Reuss 
guarantees  first-class  work  in  every  instance,  while  his  charges  for  the  same 
are  very  reasonable,  and  prompt  attention  is  given  to  all  orders,  whether  large 
or  small. 


ADAMS  GRANITE  AND  MARBLE  WORKS,  Estab- 
lished 1838;  Monuments  and  Gravestones  of  Red  Swede,  Westerly,  Barre  and 
Quincy  Granites  and  Marble  at  lowest  prices  and  of  the  best  material ;  Corner 
Pearl  and  Ford  Streets,  opposite  the  Park. — There  are  certain  articles  of 
commerce  which  are  less  subject  to  fluctuation  in  price  than  most  other  com- 
modities, and  many  people  are  therefore  led  to  believe  that  it  is  unnecessary  to 


exercise  care  in  the  selection  of  a  dealer,  on  the  assumption  that  prices  are  as 
low  in  one  place  as  in  another.  Among  such  articles  are  granite  and  marble. 
While  it  may  be  true  that  the  prices  of  the  various  dealers  in  this  line  may 
deviate  but  little,  there  are  other  considerations  to  influence  buyers,  of  as  great 
if  not  greater  importance  ;  namely,  promptness  in  the  execution  of  orders  and 
reliability  as  to  quality.  When  the  stone  is  manufactured  into  monumental  or 
decorative  articles  it  becomes  the  more  necessary  to  put  your  orders  in  the 
hands  of  a  concern  upon  whom  you  can  implicitly  rely  and  trust,  and,  as  here 
cost  largely  enters  into  consideration,  one  whose  prices  are  reasonable  and 
whose  work  is  first-class — everything  guaranteed.  The  Adams  Granite  Works, 
the  old  reliable,  are  kept  busy  constantly  with  their  increasing  business.  This 
concern  has  fine  quarters  on  the  corner  of  Pearl  and  Ford  Streets,  and  fitted 
to  handle  all  grades  of  work,  such  as  granite,  marble,  etc.  The  members  of 
this  company  devote  all  their  time  and  energy  to  this  business,  and  from 
appearance  of  things  around  their  establishment  one  can  easily  imagine  they 
are  prepared  to  execute  the  finest  grades  of  work,  and  can  do  it  at  close 
margins.  For  the  past  fifty-six  years  this  house  has  been  doing  business  in 
Hartford,  the  original  proprietor  and  owner  being  Thomas  Adams.  The 
present  quarters  are  in  the  old  wooden  building  corner  of  Pearl  and  Ford 
Streets,  opposite  the  Park  and  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  Building, 
where  there  are  many  assistants  to  look  after  the  wants  of  its  patrons.  All 
orders  receive  the  earliest  attention,  satisfactory  work  being  guaranteed  in 
every  instance  by  this  old  reliable  house  of  fifty-six  years'  standing. 


EDWARD  E.  ClyAUSSEN,  M.E.,  Engineer  and  Expert, 
No.  370  Asylum  Street. — The  entire  basis  of  our  civilization  rests  upon  the 
marvelous  development  of  mechanical  appliances  during  the  past  century  or 
two.  Education  and  refinement  on  the  extensive  scale  now  enjoyed  would  be 
impossible  without  the  wealth-producing  power  of  these  myriad-handed  help- 
meets which  men  have  devised.  In  the  economy  of  our  industrial  life  the 
mechanical  and  consulting  engineer  therefore  occupies  a  most  important  place 
which  had  hardly  a  parallel  in  earlier  times.  Among  the  best-known  local 
experts  in  this  department  Mr.  Edward  E.  Claussen,  of  No.  370  Asylum  Street, 
has  taken  established  rank.  His  office  was  opened  at  this  point  in  1S89.  He  has 
enjoyed  the  most  thorough  technical  training  as  well  as  long  and  practical  ex- 
perience in  the  various  lines  comprehended  by  the  term  "mechanical  engineer." 
His  office  is  modernly  equipped  and  contains  every  facility  for  the  prompt  and 
thorough  handling  of  work  in  this  line.  Mr.  Claussen  makes  a  specialty  of 
executing  designs  of  machinery  and  of  patent  drawings  for  inventors  and 
exhibitors.  His  success  at  this  branch  has  been  most  marked  and  widely 
attested.  The  importance  of  having  work  of  this  sort  most  artistically  exe- 
cuted will  be  evident  to  all  having  the  slightest  acquaintance  with  the  nature 
of  the  requirements,  and  the  best  modern  service  at  unexcelled  terms  is  assured 
by  consultation  with  Mr.  Claussen  and  employment  of  his  carefully  perfected 
facilities. 


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BII/I/  BROTHERS,  Carmen  and  General  Forwarders, 
Office,  No.  46  Ann  Street. — Expedition  and  economy  of  time  are  leading 
characteristics  of  modern  business,  and  are  in  very  large  measure  responsible 
for  the  immense  progress  made  in  all  lines  of  commerce.  A  leading  firm  in  its 
department,  and  one  which  for  many  years  has  furnished  valuable  service  to 
the  business  interests  of  the  city,  is  that  of  Messrs.  Bill  Brothers,  whose  office 
is  at  No.  46  Ann  Street.  The  business  has  been  established  since  1850,  and 
under  capable  and  energetic  management  from  the  first.  The  two  members  of 
the  firm,  Francis  P.  &  Fred.  R.  Bill,  are  thoroughly  experienced  and  well- 
known  business  men,  whose  ability  in  handling  their  large  and  important 
business  is  universally  recognized.  Their  office  and  warehouse  premises  cover 
six  floors,  46XS0  feet  in  dimensions,  and  they  employ  on  an  average  thirty 
experienced  men.  They  have  a  full  equipment  of  heavy  and  light  freight 
wagons,  express  teams,  derricks,  and  a  complete  line  of  apparatus  for  moving 
safes  and  heavy  machinery.  Their  business  requires  the  constant  use  of  thirty- 
six  horses.  Freight  and  baggage  are  delivered  to  and  from  cars  or  boat  or  any 
part  of  the  city.  Special  attention  also  given  to  moving  furniture,  pianos, 
safes,  machinery  and  heavy  freight  of  all  kinds.  The  most  careful  and 
reliable  handling  is  guaranteed,  while  the  rates  are  no  higher  than  those  often 
paid  for  inferior  service.  The  firm  also  carry  special  lines  of  fireproof  safes, 
by  leading  manufacturers,  and  at  bottom  prices.  Both  new  and  second-hand 
safes  for  every  business  purpose  constantly  kept  in  stock.  A  very  important 
feature  is  the  new  "Storage  Warehouse,"  comprising  "  Loomis'  Block,"  at 
46  and  48  Ann  Street.  It  covers  over  22,000  square  feet  of  floor  space,  is 
provided  with  elevators  and  every  modern  equipment.  Separate  apartments 
are  furnished  at  moderate  figures,  and  the  best  storage  facilities  afforded 
anywhere  in  this  section  for  general  merchandise,  furniture,  baggage,  pianos, 
stoves,  etc.  In  every  department  of  business  handled  by  this  firm  the  very 
best  modern  service  can  be  relied  upon  at  all  times. 


COMMERCIAL  HOUSE,  Opposite  Allyn  House,  No.  165 

Asylum  Street ;  G.  F.  Johnson,  Proprietor. — The  large  and  varied  commercial 
and  manufacturing  interests  of  Hartford  naturally  attract  a  large  floating 
population  to  the  city,  and  as  a  result  the  demand  for  comfortable  and  con- 
venient hotel  accommodations  is  constantly  on  the  increase.  Among  the 
excellent  hotels  located  here  none  enjoys  a  higher  or  more  justly  merited 
reputation,  in  respect  to  the  conveniences  it  presents,  than  the  Commercial 
House.  It  is  located  at  No.  165  Asylum  Street,  in  close  proximity  to  the  busi- 
ness heart  of  the  city,  and  but  two  minutes'  walk  from  the  railroad  depot,  with 
which  frequent  communication  is  also  had  by  horse-cars  passing  the  door.  It 
is  indeed  a  "good  home  for  commercial  men,"  as  the  proprietor,  Mr.  C.  F. 
Johnson,  announces,  there  being  none  better  in  the  city.  It  is  not  a  large 
house,  the  number  of  sleeping-rooms  being  limited  to  twenty-two,  but  there 
are  the  best  accommodations  to  be  had  here — excellent  sample-rooms,  superior 


service,  the  best  that  is  to  be  had  in  the  way  of  well-cooked  and  well-served 
food  ;  in  fact,  everything  that  could  be  desired  by  the  most  exacting  guest. 
The  Commercial  House  has  been  under  Mr.  Johnson's  management  since  1886. 
He  is  a  hotel-man  of  long  experience,  and  well  knows  how  to  provide  for  and 
maintain  the  comfort  of  his  guests. 


I/.  R.  GANS,  Dealer  in  Groceries  and  Meats,  Corner  of 
Capeu  and  Clark  Streets. — Among  the  various  dealers  in  food  supplies  doing 
business  in  this  city  Mr.  L.  R.  Gaus  should  be  given  prominent  mention,  for 
he  is  very  successful  in  catering  to  all  classes  of  trade,  and  makes  it  an  invari- 
able rule  to  sell  goods  strictly  on  their  merits,  being  convinced  that  such  a 
policy  is  for  his  own  interests  as  well  as  for  those  of  his  patrons.  Judging  from 
the  present  extent  and  the  steadily  increasing  magnitude  of  his  trade,  his 
methods  are  appreciated  by  the  residents  of  this  section,  and  it  is  certainly 
pleasant  to  note  a  success  won  by  the  employment  of  such  a  legitimate  and 
liberal  policy.  Mr.  Gans'  store  is  located  at  the  corner  of  Capen  and  Clark 
Streets,  it  being  a  small,  one-story  building,  76S  square  feet  in  area,  which  was 
built  by  him  especially  for  his  business,  and  contains  a  choice  stock  of  groceries 
and  meats,  the  assortment  being  so  varied  that  all  purses  as  well  as  all  tastes 
can  easily  be  suited,  while  the  proprietor  is  prepared  to  supply  these  very  desir- 
able articles  in  any  quantity  that  may  be  ordered.  An  intelligent  and  courteous 
assistant  is  employed,  and  every  customer  assured  immediate  attention.  Mr. 
Gans  is  a  native  of  Hartford,  and  is  fast  gaining  a  high  rank  among  our  most 
reliable  and  energetic  business  men. 


H.  E.  PATTEN,  Dye  Works ;  Carpet-Beating  and  Cleansing 
Establishment;  Office  and  Works,  No.  37  Wells  Street. — These  well-known 
and  successful  dye  works  were  established  by  Mr.  Patten  in  1855,  and  handle  a 
business  second  to  none  in  the  State  of  its  kind.  The  facilities  and  equipment 
of  the  plant  have  been  carefully  perfected  for  many  years  and  are  modern  in 
every  respect.  The  standard  of  workmanship  is  equal  to  the  best,  the  house 
guaranteeing  superior  results  at  a  very  moderate  cost.  Only  the  finest  dve- 
stuffs  are  used,  and  such  as  long  experience  has  demonstrated  to  be  perfectlv 
reliable.  Every  kind  of  garment  fabric  and  wearing  apparel  can  be  changed 
in  color  and  handsomely  renovated,  special  attention  being  given  to  fine  and 
delicate  goods.  Lace  curtains,  draperies  and  upholstery  furnishings  thoroughly 
cleaned  and  dyed,  and  feathers  carefully  renovated.  Much  money  otherwise 
spent  on  new  material  and  work  can  be  saved  by  employing  a  little  judgment. 
The  facilities  have  also  been  completely  equipped  for  carpet-beating  and  laying 
of  the  same  at  the  best  figures  in  the  city.  Prompt,  thorough  and  reliable  serv- 
ice can  always  be  secured  at  these  well-known  works.  Both  express  and  mail 
orders  receive  careful  attention  and  good  work  is  guaranteed.  Our  readers  will 
consult  their  own  interests  by  dealing  with  this  old  and  reliable  establishment, 
as  this  is  a  department  of  work  where  it  always  pays  to  get  the  best. 


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STEPHEN  GOODRICH  &  CO.  (Curtis  P.  Gladding), 
Druggists  and  Pharmacists  and  Dealers  in  Surgical  Instruments  and  Physicians' 
Supplies,  No.  605  Main  Street. — When  having  physicians'  prescriptions  com- 
pounded it  is  important  to  patronize  an  establishment  where  the  stock  of  drugs 
and  medicines  is  not  only  complete,  but  is  so  frequently  renewed  as  always  to 
be  made  up  of  fresh  and  well-selected  articles,  and  for  this  reason,  if  no  other, 
it  is  well  worth  while  to  entrust  the  compounding  of  prescriptions  to  Messrs. 
Stephen  Goodrich  &  Co.  at  No.  605  Main  Street.  They  are  druggists  and  phar- 
macists and  dealers  in  surgical  instruments,  trusses,  supporters,  shoulder  braces, 
elastic  stockings  and  crutches,  and  carry  on  operations  on  so  large  a  scale  that 
the  process  of  renewing  their  assortment  of  drugs,  etc.,  is  constantly  going  on. 
Every  facility  is  at  hand  for  the  filling  of  such  orders  without  delay  and  in  the 
most  accurate  manner,  while  the  charges  made  are  uniformly  moderate.  This 
business  was  founded  about  forty  years  ago  by  Mr.  S.  G.  Moses.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded by  S.  G.  Moses  &  Co.,  the  Co.  being  Mr.  Stephen  Goodrich.  It  was 
then  changed  to  Goodrich  &  Rapelye ;  then  to  S.  Goodrich  &  Co.  This  firm 
dissolved  and  the  firm  of  S.  Goodrich  &  Co.  was  reorganized,  the  members 
being  Messrs.  S.  Goodrich  and  C.  P.  Gladding.  On  the  death  of  Mr.  S.  Good- 
rich, one  year  ago,  the  business  came  under  the  entire  management  of  the 
junior  partner,  Mr.  Gladding,  who  has  retained  the  same  firm  name  in  the 
interests  of  the  family.  Mr.  Gladding  is  a  native  of  Centre  Brook,  Conn.,  and 
is  Vice-President  of  the  Connecticut  Pharmaceutical  Association.  He  employs 
four  capable  clerks  and  utilizes  premises  25  x  90  feet  in  dimensions  with  a  base- 
ment the  same  size.  The  business  is  principally  retail,  although  some  jobbing 
is  done.  A  specialty  is  made  of  physicians'  supplies,  of  which  he  carries  a  very 
large  stock. 


DANIEL    E.    GREENE,    Tin,    Copper    and    Sheet -Iron 

Worker;  Plumbing  and  Gas-fitting;  No.  4  Ford  Street. — Mr.  Daniel  E.  Greene 
does  a  very  extensive  business,  and  it  is  not  at  all  surprising  that  he  does,  for 
the  people  of  Hartford  know  that  the  best  is  most  emphatically  the  cheapest 
when  placing  orders  for  tin,  copper  and  sheet-iron  work,  etc.,  and  they  know 
that  work  done  by  Mr.  Greene  is  sure  to  be  done  not  only  thoroughly  and 
skillfully,  but  in  accordance  with  the  latest  approved  scientific  methods.  An- 
other thing  that  makes  this  shop  popular  is  the  fact  that  all  orders,  whether 
large  or  small,  are  assured  prompt  attention.  Mr.  Greene  is  also  prepared  to 
repair  and  paint  roofs,  repair  ranges  and  stoves,  and  to  do  general  jobbing  at 
fair  prices.  A  specialty  is  made  of  furnace  work,  and  plumbing  and  gas-fitting 
will  be  done  in  a  satisfactory  manner.  Very  spacious  and  well-equipped  prem- 
ises, located  at  No.  4  Ford  Street,  are  occupied,  which  measure  20  x  60  feet  in 
size,  and  employment  is  given  to  six  competent  assistants.  Mr.  Greene  is  a 
native  of  Hartford,  and  established  his  present  business  in  1892.  He  is  very 
well  known  throughout  the  city,  and  thoroughly  understands  the  many  details 
of  his  business.  His  motto  is  "Good  work  at  a  fair  price,"  and  he  desires  all 
to  give  him  a  call  and  be  convinced. 


ROSWEU,  FOWLER,  Grocer,  No.  5  Ford  Street.— This 
business  has  been  established  many  years,  the  present  proprietor  succeeding  Mr. 
Pease  in  1893.  Appreciating  the  need  for  a  store  where  dependable  groceries 
could  be  bought  at  the  lowest  market  rates,  Mr.  Fowler  made  a  cash  business 
of  the  enterprise  upon  assuming  control.  His  store  is  located  at  No.  5  Ford 
Street.  As  all  housekeepers  well  know  without  being  told  that  the  only  way  to 
get  full  value  for  their  money  is  to  pay  cash  for  their  goods,  they  will  certainly 
appreciate  this  establishment.  All  the  goods  are  fresh  and  new,  and  Mr.  Fowler 
particularly  calls  the  attention  of  the  residents  of  Hartford  to  the  fine  grades  of 
teas,  coffees  and  spices  which  he  constantly  carries  in  stock.  The  premises 
utilized  are  conveniently  located,  and  all  customers  are  waited  upon  promptly 
and  intelligently.  Mr.  Fowler's  object  is  to  please  the  public,  and  he  only 
asks  a  trial  of  the  facilities  he  offers,  feeling  that  that  will  be  sufficient  to  prove 
what  he  claims  is  the  truth  ;  namely,  that  buying  for  cash  has  a  most  important 
bearing  on  the  cost  of  living.  He  caters  especially  to  family  trade,  and  spares 
no  pains  to  furnish  goods  that  will  satisfy  the  most  fastidious. 


SIIyAS  CHAPMAN,  Jr.,  Insurance  Agent,  No.  55  Trumbull 
Street;  also,  Licensed  Broker  to  procure  Insurance  in  Companies  not  admitted 
into  Connecticut. — The  advantages  of  fire  insurance  have  attained  such  general 
recognition  that  the  question  at  the  present  time  is  not,  "  Shall  I  insure  ? "  but 
rather,  "Where  shall  I  place  my  insurance?"  This  is  also  rapidly  becoming 
true  of  life  insurance  as  well,  for  ten  men  have  their  lives  insured  to-day  where 
but  one  did  a  score  of  years  ago.  There  seems  to  be  no  question  but  that  the 
insurance  of  the  future  will  be  placed  exclusively  through  agents,  or  at  least 
very  nearly  so,  for  a  larger  proportion  is  placed  in  this  way  every  year,  and  the 
practice  entails  so  many  solid  advantages  that  it  is  bound  to  continue  to  grow 
in  popularity.  Every  agency  which  has  been  in  operation  a  year  or  more  must 
have  some  sort  of  a  local  reputation,  which  will  naturally  aid  the  public  in 
deciding  whether  it  is  best  to  patronize  it  or  not ;  and  here  is  one  powerful  reason 
for  the  popularity  noted,  for  it  is  much  easier  to  investigate  the  standing  of  a  local 
agency-  than  to  look  up  the  records  of  several  far-away  insurance  companies, 
and  it  goes  without  saying  that  agents  who  have  a  high  reputation  for  prompt- 
ness and  reliability  will  represent  none  but  first-class  companies.  We  doubt  it 
a  better-known  insurance  agent  than  Mr.  Silas  Chapman,  Jr.,  can  be  found  in 
this  country,  and  we  are  positive  that  not  one  has  a  more  enviable  record  to 
refer  inquirers  to.  This  enterprise  was  founded  by  Mr.  B.  R.  Allen  many 
years  ago,  he  being  succeeded  in  1S92  by  the  present  proprietor.  He  is  a 
native  of  this  town  and  very  well  known,  being  a  prominent  Mason  (32-degree), 
Clerk  of  First  Baptist  Society  since  1S73,  a  Director  in  Charter  Oak  Bank,  also 
in  the  Billings  &  Spencer  Manufacturing  Co.  and  Talland  &  Middlesex  Co., 
also  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Co.  Mr.  Chapman's  office  is  at  No.  55  Trumbull 
Street,  and  he  is  local  agent  for  Hartford  and  Orient  Companies,  Firemen's 
Fund  of  San  Francisco,  and  licensed  broker  to  procure  insurance  in  compauies 
uot  admitted  into  Connecticut.     Six  clerks  are  kept  busy  all  the  time. 


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J.  R.  BARI/OW,  Dealer  in  Books,  Stationery,  Magazines, 
Newspapers,  Fancy  Goods,  Etc.,  No.  232  Asylum  Street. — Millions  of  capital 
and  thousands  of  men  are  employed  in  the  collection  of  news,  but  the  liberality 
and  enterprise  displayed  in  this  most  important  department  of  the  newspaper 
business  would  be  of  but  little  practical  use  were  they  not  supplemented  by 
equal  enterprise  and  liberality  in  the  distributing  department,  for  it  would 
obviously  be  of  no  avail  to  get  news  into  type  at  the  earliest  possible  moment 
if  long  delay  was  inevitable  before  the  papers  could  be  distributed  among  their 
hundreds  of  thousands  of  readers.  Mr.  J.  R.  Barlow  does  much  to  enable 
Hartford  readers  to  get  their  favorite  journals  as  soon  as  possible  after  publi- 
cation, for  he  does  a  very  extensive  news  business  and  offers  a  service  unsur- 
passed for  promptness  and  reliability.  The  premises  occupied  are  located  at 
No.  232  Asylum  Street  and  comprise  two  floors  25  by  40  feet  in  size,  giving 
ample  room  for  the  carrying  of  a  large  and  varied  stock  of  books,  stationery, 
magazines,  newspapers,  fancy  goods,  etc.  Mr.  Barlow  began  operations  in 
1880,  and  his  policy  from  the  first  has  been  to  spare  no  pains  to  satisfy  every 
reasonable  customer,  and  the  success  thus  far  attained  is  but  the  legitimate 
result  of  hard  and  intelligent  work.  All  the  leading  papers  and  magazines  are 
always  well  represented  in  his  stock,  while  the  prices  are  always  reasonable, 
and  two  competent  clerks  are  employed. 


THE  SIGOURNEY  TOOL  COMPANY,  No.  9  Sigour- 

ney  Street. — The  visitor  to  "  Machinery  Hall"  at  the  great  Exposition  of  1S93 
could  realize  the  fact  that  the  immense  reach  of  modern  mechanical  triumphs 
is  hardly  to  be  comprehended  save  by  the  specially  trained  and  expert  intelli- 
gence. Columbus'  discovery  of  America  would  have  made  nothing  like  the 
difference  it  has  to  men  had  it  not  been  for  the  great  mechanical  discoveries 
making  possible  the  utilization  of  the  marvelous  resources  of  the  New  World. 
Among  the  representative  New  England  companies  which  have  been  widely 
influential  in  this  great  sphere  of  modern  activity  the  Sigourney  Tool  Com- 
pany, of  Hartford,  has  long  held  a  recognized  place.  Under  the  progressive 
management  of  well-known  Hartford  business  men  it  has  made  its  goods  a  very- 
important  factor  in  the  progress  of  American  machinery  and  trade  leaders  in  all 
parts  of  the  world.  The  manufacturing  plant,  with  office,  at  No.  9  Sigourney 
Street,  consists  of  two  large  brick  buildings — one  75x146  feet,  the  other  67x129 
feet  in  dimensions,  and  fitted  up  with  one  of  the  most  complete  and  thoroughly 
modern  machine  equipments  in  the  country.  The  engine  has  a  capacity  of 
40-horse  power  and  the  boiler  of  50-horse  power.  The  working  corps  of  the 
plant  averages  seventy-five  men.  The  great  specialty  for  the  manufacture  of 
which  this  company  has  become  a  recognized  New  England  centre  is  that  of 
interchangeable  machinery.  There  is  no  feature  of  modern  work  and  invention 
in  this  department  which  has  not  been  adopted  and  very  carefully  improved. 
The  company  have  special  facilities  which  enable  them  to  execute  a  superior 
grade  of  work  at  very  low  figures.  They  also  manufacture  drill-presses,  auto- 
matic gear-cutters,  typewriters,  book-sewing  machinery,  electrical  goods,  dies, 


punches,  drill-jigs  and  general  machinists'  tools  of  highest  grade.  Special 
designs  in  all  kinds  of  machines  and  tools  are  made  to  order  at  the  lowest  rates. 
The  very  best  degree  of  service  and  reliability  is  assured  with  this  established 
and  successful  company.  The  officers  are  as  follows  :  G.  Wells  Root,  President; 
Erastus  S.  Root,  Treasurer  ;  F.  D.  Taylor,  Secretary.  These  gentlemen  are 
well-known  business  men  of  Hartford  who  have  been  engaged  in  active  busi- 
ness here  for  many  years,  and  stand  for  what  is  best  and  most  progressive  in 
their  department  of  New  England  trade.  The  business  extends  throughout 
the  United  States,  also  to  England,  Canada  and  many  other  foreign  points. 


E.  M.  PAI/MER,  Commission  Dealer,  Groceries,  Meat,  Fish, 
Notions,  Hardware,  Etc.,  Nos.  124  &  130  Albany  Avenue. — What  people  want 
nowadays  is  solid  reliable  merit  in  goods.  A  select  and  first-class  trade  can 
only  be  built  up  on  the  basis  of  goods  which  stand  through  everydav  tests  and 
prove  by  long  use  to  consist  of  the  purest  and  freshest  ingredients.  This  com- 
mercial fact  is  true  of  the  grocery  trade  above  others,  and  nowhere  in  this 
section  more  forcibly  illustrated  than  by  the  valuable  trade  so  quickly  built  up 
by  Mr.  E.  M.  Palmer.  His  trade  is  strictly  retail,  and  his  stock  includes 
groceries,  meat,  fish,  notions,  hardware,  etc.  A  large  and  finely  equipped  store 
is  occupied  at  Nos.  124  and  130  Albany  Avenue,  the  same  being  50x50  feet  in 
dimensions,  and  completely  stocked  at  all  times.  Business  was  established  by 
Mr.  Palmer  about  a  year  ago,  occupying  at  that  time  but  one  store ;  at  the  end 
of  six  mouths  his  trade  had  so  rapidly  increased  that  he  was  obliged  to  take  in 
the  adjoining  store,  and  he  now  occupies  an  entire  floor.  Five  skilled  assistants 
are  on  hand  to  wait  upon  customers  and  orders  are  filled  promptly. 


P.  GARVAN,  Dealer  in  Paper  and  Paper  Stock. — The  manu- 
facture of  paper  is  one  of  the  most  important  in  the  entire  range  of  New  Eng- 
land enterprise,  and  the  stock  bearing  the  mark  of  the  best  New  England 
manufacturers  is  successfully  sold  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  One  of  the  largest 
and  best-known  houses  of  Connecticut  in  this  line  is  that  conducted  by  Mr.  P. 
Garvau,  of  Hartford.  His  business  has  been  in  successful  operation  here  since 
1864,  and  under  the  most  energetic  management  has  taken  a  very  prominent 
place  in  the  New  England  trade.  His  jobbing  business  extends  throughout 
Connecticut,  Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island.  The  large  modern  store  is  four 
stories  high  and  50  x  100  feet  in  ground  dimensions.  A  very  extensive  line  of 
high-grade  papers  and  paper  stock  is  carried  here  by  Mr.  Garvau,  and  is  one 
representative  of  all  the  best  American  mills.  He  also  is  interested  in  a  large 
paper  mill  at  Versailles,  with  a  capacity  often  tons  daily.  In  the  extent  of  his 
stock  and  range  of  liberal  prices,  there  is  no  question  but  that  Mr.  Garvau  can 
afford  his  patrons  advantages  not  equaled  this  side  of  New  York,  and  some  of 
them  not  even  there.  Mr.  Garvau  is  a  resident  of  East  Hartford,  and  as  a 
representative  citizen  he  holds  a  well-earned  and  honorable  position  among 
Hartford's  leading  men. 


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WADSWORTH    ATHENEUM. 


WEBSTER    &    BURNES,    Carriage    Repairing,   &c,   No. 

lS?}4  Main  Street. — A  few  hints  on  the  care  of  carriages  and  vehicles  of  every 
description  would  prove  invaluable  to  many  owners,  for  there  is  no  class  of 
property  that  better  repays  the  care  devoted  to  it,  or  that  sooner  succumbs  to 
neglect.  In  spite  of  the  best  treatment,  however,  the  time  must  come  when 
some  part  will  have  outlived  its  usefulness  and  must  be  replaced,  and  the  sooner 
such  work  is  done  the  less  becomes  the  danger  that  the  entire  vehicle  will  be 
made  useless.  The  loss  of  a  bolt  or  screw,  the  weakening  of  a  spring,  the  start- 
ing of  a  spoke,  may  be  the  beginning  of  serious  damage,  unless  immediate 
attention  is  given  to  the  damaged  part.  In  such  cases,  or  in  any  repair  work  of 
whatever  character,  the  job  should  be  entrusted  to  none  but  the  most  skilled 
and  experienced  workmen,  or  it  may  prove  doubly  expensive  in  the  end.  A 
firm  whose  claims  to  recognition  in  the  department  of  carriage  and  wagon 
repairs  are  founded  upon  the  longest  and  best  experience  are  Messrs.  Webster 
&  Burnes,  of  No.  187  <:  Main  Street.  They  are  both  thoroughly  practical  men, 
and  since  the  inauguration  of  their  enterprise  in  1S90  have  more  than  proved 
their  efficiency  and  the  reliability  of  their  work.  They  have  a  finely  equipped 
shop  and  every  facility  for  doing  repairs,  painting  or  retrimming,  &c,  at  shortest 
notice  and  in  the  most  workmanlike  manner,  while  their  charges  are  very  low. 


PIERCE'S     STEAM    LAUNDRY    AND     CARPET- 

CI/EANING  WORKS,  Nos.  540,  542  and  544  Main  Street.— Among  the 
many  and  varied  industries  which  give  employment  to  many  of  our  people  is 
the  laundry  business,  and  prominent  in  that  business  in  Hartford  is  Pierce's 
Steam  Laundry,  conducted  by  Mrs.  M.  E.  Pierce  at  Nos.  540,  542  and  544  Main 
Street.  This  establishment  was  founded  about  eight  years  ago  by  Mr.  W.  E. 
Pierce,  and,  during  his  absence  from  town,  is  now  being  ably  conducted  by  his 
wife.  The  premises  utilized  comprise  a  brick  building  two  stories  in  height  and 
40x60  feet  in  dimensions.  Employment  is  given  to  twenty-one  capable  assist- 
ants, and  work  is  called  for  and  delivered  free.  The  prices  will  be  found  as  low 
as  any  in  the  city,  and  satisfaction  will  be  guaranteed  in  every  instance.  Carpet 
cleaning  is  also  done  at  short  notice  and  in  a  thoroughly  first-class  manner. 
The  carpet-cleaning  department  is  upstairs,  while  the  laundry  occupies  the 
ground  floor,  and  the  basement  is  used  for  the  boilers,  washers,  etc.  A  specialty 
is  made  of  hotel  work,  which  is  executed  promptly  and  at  reasonable  prices. 
This  laundry  has  several  agencies  throughout  this  section,  one  being  on  South 
Main  Street  and  three  in  East  Hartford.  Every  department  is  systematically 
arranged,  and  the  utmost  care  is  taken  in  assorting  and  returning  the  clothes 
so  that  none  shall  be  lost  or  miscarried. 


HOTEI/  CAPITOI,,  Main  Street  and  Capitol  Avenue.— 
One  of  the  finest  hotels  in  Hartford  is  the  Hotel  Capitol,  situated  at  the  corner 
of  Main  Street  and  Capitol  Avenue.  Its  substantial  appearance  and  air  of  com- 
fort impress  the  stranger  most  favorably  at  the  first  glance,  and  it  may  be  said 
in  passing  that  this  impression  becomes  a  fixed  opinion  before  the  guest  has 
been  long  in  the  house.  It  is  the  favorite  stopping-place  of  all  prominent 
visitors  to  the  State's  capital,  of  whom  it  may  well  be  inferred  there  is  a  large 
number  at  all  times,  and  it  enjoys  the  largest  and  best  class  of  patronage  of  auy 
hotel  in  the  city.  Its  proximity  to  the  busiuess  heart  of  the  city  and  its  easy 
access  to  the  Union  Depot  and  all  places  of  importance  or  prominence  in  Hart- 
ford make  it  the  hotel  par  excellence  for  the  general  traveling  public,  and 
particularly  that  large  and  influential  portion  of  it,  the  commercial  travellers. 
For  the  convenience  of  the  latter  the  Hotel  Capitol  presents  every  facility,  and 
it  is  with  them  a  most  popular  house.  As  a  family  hotel  it  offers  the  greatest 
advantage,  combining  the  comforts  of  a  home  with  the  larger  conveniences 
that  are  to  be  found  nowhere  else.  The  Hotel  Capitol  was  first  opened  in  1S75, 
and  under  the  management  of  its  proprietor,  Mr.  A.  E-  Holcomb,  its  fame  has 
been  widely  spread.  It  is  a  particularly  favorite  hostelry  with  the  theatrical 
profession,  for  whose  accommodation  the  best  arrangements  are  provided  and 
special  rates  made.  The  Hotel  Capilol  is  thoroughly  modern  in  all  its  appoint- 
ments. Every  improvement  contributing  to  the  comfort  and  convenience  of 
guests  has  been  introduced,  including  steam-heat  in  every  room,  electric  lights 
and  bells,  a  large  passenger  elevator,  etc.  There  is  an  office  of  the  Western 
Union  Telegraph  Company  on  the  premises.  Rooms  may  be  had  en  suite,  if 
desired,  with  or  without  bath.     The  rates  are  most  reasonable. 


AMERICAN  CYCI.E  REPAIR  CO.,  Cycle  Repairing 
and  Builders  of  Special  Wheels;  Enameling  and  Nickeling  a  Specialty;  Eawn. 
Mower  Repairing  and  Sharpening;  Key  Fitting,  Gun,  and  all  kinds  of  light 
work  solicited ;  Estimates  made  on  all  Bicycle  Work. — No  one  looking  at  the 
clumsy  velocipedes  of  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago  could  possibly  have  imagined 
their  evolution  into  the  graceful,  light  and  easy -working  bicycles  of  the  present 
day,  and  who  can  tell  what  further  developments  are  possible  in  this  direction. 
Coming  from  the  field  of  conjecture  to  the  solid  plane  of  fact,  it  may  be  said 
that  the  average  wheelman  is  less  concerned  with  what  the  future  may  produce 
than  with  the  possibilities  of  the  present.  These  include  not  only  the  obtaining 
of  bicycles  that  answer  every  present  requirement,  but  the  very  important 
matter  of  repairs,  and  in  this  connection  they  will  learn  with  satisfaction  that 
there  is  in  Hartford  a  concern  which  makes  a  specialty  of  this  branch.  Most 
of  our  readers  are  already  familiar  with  the  facilities  and  capabilities  of  the 
American  Cycle  Repair  Company  in  the  repairing  of  bicycles,  and  are  also 
aware  that  this  company  have  a  high  reputation  as  builders  of  special  wheels. 
The  firm  consists  of  Messrs.  E.  L.  Wheeler  and  J.  H.  Beech,  both  of  whom  are 
natives  of  the  State,  and  have  been  identified  with  the  busiuess  of  Hartford  for 
the  past  quarter  of  a  century.  Their  present  enterprise  was  started  three  years 
ago,  and  has  been  a  decided  success  from  the  beginning.  Every  description  of 
repairing  is  done  in  a  thorough  manner  at  their  well-equipped  shops,  a  specialty 
being  made  of  nickeling  and  enameling.  They  are  also  practical  lock  and  gun- 
smiths, aud  do  all  manner  of  light  machinist  work,  including  lawn-mower 
repairing  and  sharpening.  They  are  prepared  to  make  estimates  on  all  bicycle 
work,  aud  execute  orders  at  short  notice. 


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K.  NUSSBAUM,  Dealer  in  Choice  Beef,  Mutton,  Lamb, 
Sausages,  Game,  Vegetables,  Etc.,  No.  150  Main  Street. — Such  of  our  readers 
as  are  foud  of  good  liviug,  aud  wish  to  know  where  to  purchase  good  food 
supplies  to  the  best  advantage,  should  make  an  early  call  at  the  establishment 
conducted  by  Mr.  K.  Nussbaum  at  No.  150  Main  Street,  for  this  gentleman 
carries  one  of  the  most  carefully  selected  stocks  to  be  found  in  this  section  of 
the  city,  aud  whether  you  want  meats  or  vegetables  he  is  prepared  to  furnish 
first-class  goods  at  the  lowest  market  rates.  Mr.  Nussbaum  is  a  native  of 
Germany,  and  has  been  in  business  in  Hartford  for  fifteen  years.  The  store  is 
25  X55  feet  in  dimensions,  and  no  room  is  wasted,  for  each  department  of  the 
stock  on  hand  is  kept  well  supplied,  aud  as  a  consequence  all  orders  can  be 
promptly  filled.  Choice  beef,  mutton,  lamb,  sausages,  game  and  vegetables 
may  be  bought  here  in  any  desired  quantity  at  bottom  prices,  and  choice  cuts 
are  made  a  specialty,  Mr.  Nussbaum  being  prepared  to  suit  the  most  fastidious 
customers.  Employment  is  given  to  five  experienced  assistants,  and  two 
wagons  are  utilized  for  the  deliver}'  of  goods.  Customers  are  assured  polite 
attention,  and  all  goods  may  be  depended  upon  to  prove  as  represented. 


DAVID  LOW,  Merchant  Tailor ;  Scotch  and  English  Woolens 
a  Specialty;  No.  60  Asylum  Street. — The  art  of  tailoring  has  reached  a  high 
state  of  development  in  this  country,  the  best  intelligence  and  skill  being 
directed  toward  bringing  it  to  the  point  of  greatest  perfection.  At  the  same 
time  healthy  rivalry  aud  competition  have  brought  the  prices  of  even  the  best 
work  down  to  such  low  figures  that  there  are  few  men  nowadays  who  may  not 
avail  themselves  of  the  advantages  presented  by  wearing  custom-made  clothing. 
Such  leading  merchant  tailors  as  Mr.  David  Low  are  prepared  to  execute  the 
best  and  most  satisfactory  work  at  the  most  moderate  prices,  aud  those  who  are 
numbered  among  the  customers  of  this  gentleman  speak  in  words  of  highest 
praise  of  the  quality  of  workmanship  and  material  he  puts  into  his  garments. 
Mr.  Low  is  one  of  the  oldest-established  merchant  tailors  in  Hartford,  aud  has 
occupied  his  present  excellent  location  at  No.  60  Asylum  Street  for  the  past 
fifteen  years.  He  presents  an  unusually  fine  stock  of  Scotch  and  English 
woolens,  aud  also  carries  a  superior  line  of  domestic  fabrics,  allowing  customers 
a  wide  range  of  choice.  His  office,  show  and  work  rooms  occupy  a  floor  at  the 
above  address,  the  space  utilized  being  20  x  50  feet  in  extent. 


ANDREWS  &  PECK,  Manufacturers,  Wholesale  and 
Retail  Dealers  in  Doors,  Windows  and  Blinds,  and  Akron  Sewer  Pipe,  No.  88 
Market  Street.  —  A  progressive  firm  which  has  "taken  a  leading  place  in  its 
department  of  local  and  State  trade  for  the  past  ten  years  is  that  of  Messrs. 
Andrews  &  Peck,  manufacturers,  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  doors,  win- 
dows, blinds  and  general  builders'  materials.  They  were  established  in  1S84, 
and  have  continued  under  the  same  management  without  change.  At  their 
warehouse  and  storage  premises  at  No.  88  Market  Street,  covering  20,000  square 
feet  of  floor  space,  they  carry  a  heavy  and  first-class  stock,  which  has  few 
equals  in  Connecticut  either  in  extent,  high  standard  or  price.  Their  leading 
specialties  are  finished  doors,  windows  and  blinds  in  a  great  variety  of  styles 
and  sizes.  They  also  do  a  very  large  business  in  the  Akron  Sewer  Pipe,  which 
has  shown  its  superior  value  for  service  by  practical  use  throughout  the 
country.  Mr.  Peck,  of  the  firm,  is  interested  in  a  leading  Western  plant,  em- 
ploying seventy-five  to  one  hundred  men,  and  manufacturing  80,000  doors  per 
annum.  He  is  also  interested  in  a  large  lumbering  business  at  Waterbury, 
Connecticut.  The  firm  enjoys  very  wide  and  first-class  trade  connections.  At 
the  Hartford  plaut  they  employ  from  twenty-five  to  thirty  men  and  handle 
a  trade  reaching  to  all  parts  of  the  State  and  New  England.  Their  facilities  in 
the  special  departments  mentioned  are  unrivaled  in  this  section,  and  this  is 
evidenced  by  the  manner  in  which  each  year  the  firm  steadily  distance  com- 
petition in  their  lines.  Their  pjrices  are  uniformly  low  and  reliable.  They 
handle  the  very  best  class  of  goods  on  the  market,  in  both  hard  and  soft  woods, 
and  the  styles  carried  are  adapted  for  every  sort  of  building  from  the  humblest 
to  the  largest.  When  in  search  of  the  best  at  good  bargain  prices,  the  contractor 
and  dealer  will  do  well  to  make  a  careful  examination  of  the  stock  of  this  lead- 
ing aud  successful  house. 


HARTFORD     CARPET     COMPANY,    No.    10   Market 

Street. — Since  the  establishment  of  carpet  making  in  America,  this  well-known 
and  representative  New  England  Company  has  maintained  a  position  at  the 
very  front  of  the  American  trade.  The  business  was  incorporated  in  1S54, 
succeeding  to  the  firm  of  the  Thompsonville  Carpet  Manufacturing  Company, 
which  reached  back  to  182S.  The  mills  of  the  company  are  located  at  Thomp- 
sonville, Connecticut,  and  give  employment  to  more  than  1,600  people.  The 
capital  of  the  company  is  $1, 500,000.  There  are  only  two  plants  in  the 
country  which  have  a  larger  annual  output,  aud  not  one  whose  goods 
enjoy  a  higher  or  more  universal  repute  for  excellence  and  reliability.  The 
standard  lines  manufactured  are  wiltons,  moquettes,  berlins,  body-brussels, 
imperial,  3-plys  and  extra  supers.  The  goods  are  noted  for  their  superior 
material  and  close-woven  texture,  which  give  them  exceptional  durability. 
Many  novel  and  attractive  designs  are  constantly  being  introduced  by  the 
company,  who  employ  special  artists  for  this  purpose.  The  prices  also  are 
scaled  down  to  a  basis  in  accord  with  the  times,  and  represent  unusually  high 
quality  for  the  figure  charged.  There  should  be  no  need  for  resort  to  cheap 
goods  while  the  lines  made  by  this  leading  Company  can  be  obtained  at  such 
liberal  figures.  The  officers  are  as  follows :  John  L.  Houston,  Secretary 
and  Treasurer ;  Henry  Keney,  Vice-President ;  George  Roberts,  Secretary. 
Directors :  Henry  Keney,  J.  B.  Bunce,  Roland  Mather,  John  L.  Houston, 
C.  M.  Beach,  J.  J.  Goodwin,  George  Roberts.  The  General  Sales  Agents  are 
Messrs.  Reune,  Martin  &  Sons,  Nos.  114-116  Worth  Street,  New  York.  The 
product  of  the  Hartford  Carpet  Company's  mills  is  handled  by  leading  stores 
in  all  sections  of  the  United  States  and  Canada.  Our  readers  will  find  it  to 
great  advantage  when  purchasing  goods  in  this  department  to  make  careful 
inspection  of  the  superior  grades  made  by  this  old  aud  leading  house. 


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FRED.  C.  CI/APP,  Plumbing,  Steam  and  Hot-Water  Heat- 
ing ;  Agent  for  Le  Bosquet  Bros.'  Steam  Heaters ;  No.  24  Church  Street. — Practi- 
cally all  dwelling-houses  of  the  better  class,  as  well  as  all  factories,  stores  and 
public  buildings  in  general,  constructed  nowadays,  are  equipped  with  steam- 
heating  apparatus,  as  this  affords  by  far  the  most  economical  and  manageable 
method  of  supplying  artificial  heat  ;  but  it  sometimes  happens  that  the 
efficiency  of  the  plant  is  seriously  interfered  with  by  its  being  improperly  set 
up,  and,  therefore,  it  is  well  to  entrust  such  work  only  to  those  who  make  a 
specialty  of  it,  and  are  known  to  be  skillful  and  reliable.  Mr.  Fred.  C.  Clapp 
has  an  unsurpassed  reputation  in  this  respect,  and  has  all  necessary  facilities 
to  enable  him  to  fill  orders  promptly  and  satisfactorily  at  moderate  rates.  This 
business  was  established  about  twenty  years  ago  by  the  father  of  the  present 
proprietor,  Mr.  F.  C.  Clapp  assuming  full  control  of  affairs  at  the  time  of  his 
father's  death,  which  occurred  in  1S92.  He  is  a  practical  plumber,  steam  and 
hot-water  fitter,  and  is  agent  for  L,e  Bosquet  Bros.'  steam-heaters.  Mr.  Clapp 
occupies  premises  at  No.  24  Church  Street,  where  he  has  every  facility  at  hand 
to  enable  him  to  fill  all  orders  promptly.  He  is  well  known  throughout  Hart- 
ford, having  fitted  up  many  first-class  buildings  in  the  city.  Mr.  Clapp  is 
thoroughly  conversant  with  his  business  in  every  detail,  and  warrants  that  all 
orders  entrusted  to  him  will  be  executed  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  most  critical. 


THE    MATHER    ELECTRIC    CO.    (Chas.    N.    Knox, 

Agent),  No.  210  Pearl  Street. — It  is  hard  to  realize  that  the  electric  light  was 
commercially  unknown  in  this  country  a  decade  ago,  but  such  is  the  fact,  for 
the  practical  utilization  of  the  electric  light  in  America  dated  from  the 
Mechanics  Fair,  held  in  Boston,  September,  1881.  Some  few  stores  and  fac- 
tories had  used  the  light  before  that  time,  but  it  was  the  exhibit  then  made  by 
several  "Electric  Companies"  that  called  the  attention  of  the  public  to  the 
mauy  advantages  of  the  new  illuminant.  Many  important  improvements  have 
since  been  made;  and  electricity  is  now  so  generally  utilized  for  lighting  pur- 
poses that  few  towns  or  cities  making  any  pretensions  to  enterprise  are  content 
to  dispense  with  an  electric  plant.  The  residents  of  Hartford  are  evidently 
aware  of  the  convenience  of  a  well-equipped  lighting  system,  for  Mr.  Chas.  N. 
Knox,  the  electric  contractor,  has  been  established  in  this  city  since  1SS4,  and 
is  the  sole  agent  in  Hartford  for  "The  Mather  Electric  Co.,"  and  makes  a 
specialty  of  installing  isolated  electric  lights  of  the  most  improved  tvpe,  every 
precaution  being  taken  to  ensure  absolute  safety  under  the  most  adverse  con- 
ditions, and  the  result  is  that  patrons  are  supplied  with  the  safest,  most  pleasant, 
most  easily  managed  and  most  healthful  light  that  science  has  thus  far  pro- 
duced. It  is  a  fact  that  geueral  business  has  increased  in  every  town  and  city 
whose  stores  are  lighted  by  electricity,  and  there  is  no  doubt  but  that  Hartford's 
establishments  have  become  more  attractive,  and  consequently  more  popular, 
since  the  introduction  of  the  new  illuminant.  The  light  is  furnished  at  very 
reasonable  rates,  and  no  store  or  hotel  keeper  can  afford  to  dispense  with  the 
advantages  gained  by  its  use,  for  besides  its  convenience  it  affords  one  of  the 


most  effective  forms  of  advertisement  yet  devised.  Mr.  Knox  is  a  native  of 
Manchester,  Connecticut,  and  well  known  in  Hartford,  where  he  occupies 
premises  at  No.  210  Pearl  Street.  He  employs  able  assistants  and  is  working 
hard  to  develop  his  resources  and  to  increase  his  facilities,  and  every  public- 
spirited  citizen  is  directly  interested  in  the  success  of  the  enterprise  with  which 
he  is  identified. 


WEBB  &  SHEDD,  Carmen;  Office,  No.  71  Asylum  Street. 
— In  very  mauy  lines  of  business  the  amount  of  trucking  to  be  done  is  hardly- 
large  enough  to  warrant  the  maintenance  of  a  team  and  driver,  jet  it  is  im- 
peratively necessary  that  the  merchant  or  manufacturer  should  always  have  at 
command  the  services  of  a  carman  who  can  be  relied  upon  to  promptly  and 
efficiently  execute  work  in  this  department.  Among  those  who  make  a  spe- 
cialty of  this  class  of  work,  as  well  as  trucking  of  all  kinds,  light  or  heavy,  we 
know  of  none  more  worthy  of  confidence  than  the  firm  of  Messrs.  Webb  & 
Shedd.  It  is  one  of  the  oldest-established  businesses  in  this  line,  having  been 
founded  in  1859  by  Messrs.  Webb  Bros.,  who  were  succeeded  by  the  present 
firm  in  18S1.  Messrs.  Webb  &  Shedd  have  eight  teams  and  employ  eight  men, 
their  exceptional  facilities  enabling  them  to  do  all  kinds  of  trucking  at  the 
shortest  notice  and  in  a  manner  calculated  to  give  the  highest  satisfaction  to 
their  patrons.  Their  services  are  always  in  demand,  and  their  reputation  as 
careful,  painstaking  carmen  is  scarcely  approached  by  that  of  any  other  firm 
or  individual  engaged  in  the  same  line  of  business.  The  firm,  which  consists 
of  Mr.  Myron  Webb  and  Mr.  J.  N.  Shedd,  has  its  office  at  No.  71  Asylum 
Street,  and  is  ready  at  all  times  to  execute  orders  promptly  and  in  the  most 
thorough  manner. 


J.  S.  AI/DERMAN,  Dealer  in  Groceries,  Meats  and  Provisions, 
No.  954  Main  Street. — The  establishment  carried  on  by  the  well-known  gentle- 
man whose  card  we  print  above  is  a  noteworthy  one  in  many  respects,  and  is 
so  managed  as  to  make  it  one  of  the  most  popular  enterprises  of  the  kind  in 
this  vicinity.  Business  was  begun  eight  years  ago  by  the  present  proprietor, 
Mr.  J.  S.  Alderman,  building  the  premises  he  now  occupies,  located  at  No.  954 
Main  Street,  and  moving  into  them  about  two  years  ago.  This  gentleman 
spares  no  pains  in  improving  the  efficiency  of  his  service,  and  as  a  consequence 
not  only  carries  on  one  of  the  most  liberally-managed  establishments  in  this 
section  of  Hartford,  but  is  constantly  adding  to  the  claim  he  already  has  on  the 
patronage  and  cordial  support  of  the  public.  Employment  is  afforded  to  two 
competent  and  polite  assistants,  and  orders  are  filled  promptly  and  satisfactorily 
in  every  instance.  First-class  groceries,  choice  meats  and  provisions  of  all 
kinds  are  kept  constantly  on  hand  at  prices  as  low  as  can  be  found  anywhere. 
A  fine  corner  store  is  utilized  with  a  basement,  the  former  being  22  by  45  feet 
in  size;  and,  as  Mr.  Alderman  carries  on  almost  entirely  a  cash  business,  he  is 
enabled  to  quote  the  very  lowest  prices  to  his  many  customers. 


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STRICKLAND  &  SHEA,  Scroll  Sawing,  Turning,  Carving, 
Ornamental  Woodwork ;  Every  Description  of  Moulding  on  Hand  or  Made  to 
Order;  Church  Work  and  Mantels  a  Specialty;  Jobbing  and  Repairing;  No.  20 
Potter  Street. — The  history  of  wood-carving  and  turning-work  reaches  back  to 
the  very  earliest  days  of  human  industry.  It  has  always  occupied  an  important 
place  since  men  first  left  their  aboriginal  tents,  and  still  to-day  flourishes  among 
the  most  valuable  and  useful  of  the  practical  arts.  The  well-known  firm  of 
Messrs.  Stricklaud  &  Shea  has  for  the  past  two  decades  been  the  representative 
and  leader  in  this  field  of  local  industry.  Established  in  1875,  they  have  made 
steady  and  solid  progress  without  change  in  management  since  that  time. 
They  occupy  a  thorough  modern  establishment,  comprising  two  floors,  50  x  100 
feet  in  dimensions,  and  employ  an  average  corps  of  twenty  experienced  work- 
men. They  have  a  large  and  model  equipment  of  new  machinery,  operated 
by  an  engine  of  twenty-horse  power.  In  range  of  facilities,  high  standard  of 
work  and  attractive  prices  quoted,  they  hold  the  very  first  position  in  the  trade 
of  this  city  and  section.  Scroll  sawing,  turning,  carving  and  ornamental  wood- 
work of  every  sort  are  executed  promptly  to  order  in  the  most  artistic  and 
modern  styles.  They  carry  a  general  stock  of  mouldings,  unexcelled  in 
character  and  prices.  One  of  their  leading  specialties  is  the  making  of  church 
fixtures  and  mantels  of  all  kinds.  They  have  also  superior  facilities  for  fine 
office,  bank  and  general  interior  hardwood  finish  work.  Estimates  furnished 
at  any  time,  and  our  readers  can  rely  upon  the  most  thorough  satisfaction  in 
dealing  with  this  established  and  reliable  firm. 


R.  P.  KENYON  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Jobbers  in 
Hats,  Caps,  Furs  and  Men's  Furnishings,  Hill's  Block,  No.  337  Main  Street. — 
It  would  of  course  be  an  excellent  thing  if  all  of  us  had  so  large  an  income  as 
to  render  it  entirely  unnecessary  to  practice  the  close  economy  which  is  now 
the  rule  rather  than  the  exception ;  but,  as  this  desirable  condition  of  affairs  is 
out  of  the  question,  the  next  best  thing  is  to  manage  so  as  to  make  our  present 
income  go  as  far  as  possible.  So  far  as  the  purchase  of  hats,  caps,  furs  and 
men's  furnishings  is  concerned,  this  may  be  brought  about  by  placing  orders 
with  Messrs.  R.  P.  Kenyon  &  Co.,  doing  business  at  No.  337  Main  Street,  for 
they  carry  a  large  and  varied  stock  of  such  goods,  and  quote  the  very  lowest 
market  rates  on  them  at  all  times.  This  enterprise  was  established  in  1S74  by 
the  present  proprietor.  The  premises  occupied  are  located  as  above  named,  and 
comprise  a  fine  store,  20  x  92  feet  in  dimensions,  with  a  basement,  affording 
ample  room  for  the  display  of  the  heavy  stock  carried,  making  the  selection 
both  easy  and  agreeable.  Mr.  R.  P.  Kenyon  is  a  native  of  Plainfield,  Conn., 
and  served  in  the  navy  about  two  years  and  a  half  as  paymaster's  clerk.  Mr. 
Kenyon  employs  from  eight  to  ten  polite  and  experienced  clerks,  and  in  the 
winter,  when  manufacturing  furs,  about  forty  assistants  are  given  employment. 
He  is  thoroughly  posted  as  to  the  details  of  his  business,  to  which  he  gives 
close  personal  supervision. 


J.  A.  KENNEDY,  Dealer  in  Meats,  Groceries  and  Pro- 
visions, No.  47  Albany  Avenue. — Among  the  prominent  establishments  located  in 
Hartford  that  conducted  by  Mr.  J.  A.  Kennedy  must  be  given  favorable  men- 
tion, for  the  enterprise  carried  on  by  this  gentleman  has  gradually  but  steadily 
developed,  until  it  now  ranks  with  the  important  stores  of  the  kind  in  this 
locality.  An  extensive  business  has  been  built  up,  and  the  establishment  has 
been  under  the  management  of  its  present  able  proprietor  for  the  past  year, 
although  it  was  founded  forty  years  ago  by  Mr.  John  Delany.  Mr.  Kennedy 
is  a  native  of  Hartford,  and  is  thoroughly  conversant  with  all  the  details  of  his 
business.  The  premises  occupied  are  well  arranged  for  the  business,  com- 
prising a  store  25x35  feet  in  size.  Mr.  Kennedy's  store  is  located  at  No.  47 
Albany  Avenue,  where  is  carried  a  large  and  choice  stock  of  groceries  of  all 
kinds,  especially  adapted  to  family  trade,  and  which  is  offered  at  the  lowest 
market  prices ;  choice  meats  and  provisions  are  also  carried.  Employment  is 
given  to  competent  assistants,  so  that  despite  the  magnitude  of  the  business 
every  order  is  assured  immediate  and  careful  attention.  In  view  of  the  facts 
already  mentioned,  it  becomes  almost  unnecessary  to  add  that  Mr.  Kennedy  is 
in  a  position  to  quote  the  very  lowest  prices,  and  that  he  does  a  good  business. 


E.  P.  DUNHAM,  Agent  and  Commission  Broker,  Hartford 
Trust  Co.  Building. — In  no  department  of  modern  business  are  the  services  of  a 
trained  specialist  more  essential  to  success  than  in  that  of  investment  and  com- 
mission brokerage.  It  requires  thorough  acquaintance  with  a  very  wide  range 
of  interests,  and  that  judgment,  only  derived  by  long  experience,  which  can 
estimate  with  accuracy  all  coming  developments  of  the  market.  The  business 
conducted  by  Mr.  E.  P.  Dunham,  of  Hartford,  has  established  its  claim  to  a 
leading  rank  in  this  sphere  of  local  finance  and  commerce  from  the  unvarying 
and  reliable  service  which  it  has  rendered  for  the  past  three  years.  Mr.  Dunham 
has  had  a  very  wide  and  thorough  business  experience.  He  was  formerly  in 
the  ice  business  at  Lake  Champlain,  shipping  ice  to  the  Hartford  Ice  Co.,  and 
was  also  sole  proprietor  of  the  Ives  &  Judd  Match  Co.,  the  oldest  match  con- 
cern in  the  United  States,  with  factories  at  West  Cheshire,  Conn.  Its  parlor 
and  sulphur  matches,  match  splints  and  match  machinery  enjoy  the  very 
highest  reputation  in  this  department.  The  offices  now  occupied  by  Mr.  Dun- 
ham at  the  Hartford  Trust  Co.  Building  are  equipped  with  the  most  complete 
modern  facilities.  The  Stock  and  Produce  Boards  indicate  each  business  hour 
of  the  day  the  exact  prices  aud  quotations  at  the  different  centres  of  the 
country.  Mr.  Dunham  has  a  direct  private  wire  to  both  New  York  and 
Chicago,  his  special  correspondents  being  C.  D.  Wadsworth,  of  the  New  York 
Stock  and  Produce  Exchanges,  and  Lewis  G.  Tewkesbury,  of  the  New  York 
Stock  Exchange  and  Chicago  Board  of  Trade.  Stocks,  bonds,  grain  and  pro- 
visions are  bought  for  cash  or  carried  on  margin.  It  would  be  extremely 
illogical  for  our  readers  to  make  unguided  experiments  in  this  important  but 
complex  sphere  of  finance  when  they  can  enjoy  at  a  nominal  rate  facilities 
equal  to  the  best  in  the  country  at  this  reliable  brokerage  office. 


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CHARTER  OAK  CITY  SHIRT,  No.  336  Asylum  Street ; 

Geo.  H.  Reany,  Proprietor.  —  This  well-known  business,  now  conducted  by 
Mr.  Reany,  enjoys  several  important  distinctions,  one  being  the  fact  that  it  has 
been  successfully  running  for  nearly  half  a  century  (founded  in  1S50),  and 
another  its  association  with  the  Charter  Oak,  for  which  Connecticut  is  famous 
throughout  the  world.  Mr.  Reany  took  charge  of  the  busiue  is  during  the 
present  year,  and  has  maintained  its  previously  high  reputation.  He  was  con- 
nected also  for  years  with  the  old  firm,  and  is  a  thorough  expert  in  every  detail 
of  the  business.  It  will,  therefore,  be  a  source  of  gratification  to  very  many  of 
our  readers  that  the  old  and  popular  Charter  Oak  City  shirts  will  continue  to 
be  made  with  the  same  degree  of  skill  and  perfection  as  hitherto.  The  business 
occupies  well-equipped  premises  (25  x  40  feet  in  dimensions),  and  a  corps  of  four 
expert  workmen  is  employed.  The  trade  is  both  wholesale  and  retail,  extend- 
ing to  all  parts  of  this  State  and  Western  Massachusetts.  A  specialty  is  made 
of  fine  custom-made  dress  shirts,  and  the  liberal  figures  at  which  these  are  now 
made  deserve  the  careful  attention  of  every  male  reader  of  these  lines.  So  long 
as  it  shall  remain  fashionable  for  men  to  wear  dress  or  neglige  shirts  there  can 
be  no  question  of  the  success  of  Mr.  Reany's  goods,  as  they  furnish  a  very 
exceptional  degree  of  satisfaction  at  a  moderate  and  attractive  price. 


PATRICK  I/OUGHMAN,  Dealer  in  Groceries  and  Pro- 
visions, Teas,  Coffees,  Spices,  Canned  Goods,  Etc.,  No.  82  Albany  Aveuue. — 
A  most  reliable  house,  and  one  specially  deserving  of  mention  in  this  connection 
as  a  brilliant  example  of  what  push,  perseverance  and  devotion  to  principle  can 
accomplish  in  gaining  business  success,  is  the  store  conducted  by  Mr.  Patrick 
Loughmau  at  No.  S2  Albany  Avenue.  He  moved  to  his  present  location  about 
one  year  ago.  The  stock  of  fine  groceries  and  provisions  carried  is  sold  at 
most  reasonable  prices.  Mr.  Loughmau  also  carries  a  fine  assortment  of  choice 
teas,  coffees,  spices,  canned  goods,  etc.,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  choice  butter. 
The  premises  utilized  measure  20  x  45  feet  in  dimensions,  and  are  well  adapted 
for  the  business.  Mr.  Loughman  is  ably  assisted  in  his  business  by  his  wife, 
and  he  caters  to  a  very  extensive  trade.  The  public  are  assured  of  receiving 
only  first-class  goods  at  the  lowest  market  rates.  We  commend  this  establish- 
ment to  our  many  readers  who  reside  in  this  section  as  a  most  desirable  place 
to  trade. 


W.  F.  MAGINN,  Merchant  Tailor,  No.  371  Main  Street, 
Room  2. — "The  very  finest  work  at  moderate  prices;  careful  and  skillful  atten- 
tion to  the  filling  of  orders," — such  is  a  summarized  but  correct  outline  of  the 
policy  pursued  by  the  establishment  whose  card  we  print  above — a  policy  which 
has  been  consistently  followed  since  the  founding  of  the  business  by  Mr. 
W.  F.  Maginn  about  a  year  ago,  and  which  has  naturally  resulted  iu  the 
development  of  an  extensive  aud  very  select  patronage.  The  proprietor  is  a 
native  of  Massachusetts,  and  has  lived  in  Hartford  since  1S77,  aud  is  thoroughly 
familiar  with  every  detail  of  the  fine  tailoring  business — a  fact  which  has  an 


important  bearing  upon  the  uniform  superiority  of  the  work  produced  and  the 
ability  of  this  gentleman  to  quote  comparatively  low  prices  on  garments 
unexceptionable  in  material,  style,  fit,  trimming  and  general  workmanship. 
His  chambers  at  No.  371  Main  Street,  Room  2,  are  very  conveniently  fitted  up, 
and  one  may  always  find  here  a  choice  assortment  of  the  latest  novelties  in 
foreign  and  domestic  fabrics  for  gentlemen's  wear,  together  with  the  best 
tailor's  trimmings  the  market  affords.  Personal  attention  is  given  to  the 
cutting  of  every  garment,  and  perfection  of  fit  and  desirability  of  style  may  be 
confidently  expected  by  every  customer. 


HET2EI,  &  HESS,  Marble  Works,  No.  141  Market  Street. 

— Good  aud  honest  work  is  always  sure  to  fiud  a  market,  and  so,  although  it  may 
have  seemed,  when  Messrs.  Hetzel  &  Hess  began  operations  in  1S93,  as  if  there 
was  no  opening  for  their  productions  on  accouut  of  the  numerous  competing 
establishments  already  founded,  a  large  and  growing  trade  has  already  been 
built  up.  The  firm  is  constituted  of  Messrs.  George  M.  Hetzel  aud  F.  J.  Hess. 
One  floor  is  occupied,  20x30  feet  in  dimensions,  and  the  manufacture  of  monu- 
ments, headstones,  grave  marks,  posts,  etc  ,  is  carried  on  at  No.  141  Market 
Street.  Both  iu  design  and  execution  it  is  hard  to  match  the  work  turned  out 
at  this  establishment,  for  the  firm  have  not  only  exceptionable  taste  in  the 
choice  and  origination  of  designs,  but  have  had  a  practical  experience  in 
putting  them  into  shape  and  form.  The  best  of  material  is  used,  and  attention 
is  given  to  the  durability  of  the  work  as  well  as  to  its  appearance  when  new, 
which  is  a  very  important  point  when  the  exposure  to  which  stonework  is  sub- 
jected is  considered.  Orders  by  mail  will  be  promptly  attended  to,  and  special 
attention  is  giveu  to  lettering,  cleaning  and  resetting,  first-class  work  and 
reasonable  prices  being  guaranteed.  Those  wishing  any  work  of  this  kind 
should  not  fail  to  visit  this  house  aud  inspect  the  fine  assortment  on  hand. 


BEHNER    &    NORTON    (formerly    with    Charles    King), 

Practical  Tin,  Sheet-Iron  and  Sheet-Copper  Workers  ;  Furnace  Work  and 
General  Jobbing ;  No.  530  Main  Street. — The  enterprise  conducted  by  Messrs. 
Behner  &  Norton  was  founded  two  years  ago.  These  gentlemen  are  thoroughly 
conversant  with  every  detail  of  their  business,  aud  enjoy  such  favorable  rela- 
tions with  manufacturers  as  to  be  iu  a  position  to  give  their  customers  many 
advantages.  They  are  practical  tin,  sheet-iron  and  sheet-copper  workers,  aud 
also  pay  particular  attention  to  furnace  work  aud  general  jobbing.  They 
occupy  a  store  at  No.  530  Main  Street,  which  measures  25  x  40  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, utilizing  a  basement  besides  of  the  same  size.  Employment  is  giveu  to 
three  experienced  assistants,  and  all  orders  are  promptly  attended  to  iu  a  first- 
class  manner,  aud  at  reasonable  prices.  The  firm  is  composed  of  Messrs.  F.  F^. 
Behner  and  G.  W.  Norton,  both  being  formerly  with  Mr.  Charles  King.  Mr. 
Behner  is  a  native  of  Hartford  aud  Mr.  Norton  of  Springfield.  Both  are  well- 
known  aud  highly-respected  business  men.  One  of  the  latest  contracts  com- 
pleted was  17,000  sheets  of  tiu-roofing  for  Colt's  Armory. 


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CITY    HALL. 


I/.  PEASE  &  CO.,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Office 
and  School  Stationery,  Wrapping  Paper,  Paper  Bags,  Twine,  Etc.,  Blank  Books, 
Job  Printing,  287  Asylum  Street. — Of  the  many  stationers  of  this  city,  the  firm 
of  L.  Pease  &  Co.  is  among  the  best  known  and  most  highly  regarded.  It  was 
founded  in  18S8,  and  has  been  under  its  present  management  from  the  first. 
The  premises  occupied  comprise  one  floor,  30  x  90  feet  in  dimensions.  Employ- 
ment is  afforded  to  five  assistants,  and  both  a  wholesale  and  retail  business  is 
done  throughout  the  State.  A  very  clean  and  desirable  stock  of  office  and 
school  stationery  is  on  hand,  comprising  all  the  standard  articles  in  these  lines 
as  well  as  many  novelties.  Wrapping  paper,  paper  bags,  twine,  etc.,  are  also 
extensively  dealt  in,  as  well  as  all  kinds  of  blank  books  at  reasonable  prices. 
Job  printing  is  also  carried  on  in  connection  with  the  establishment,  and  the 
firm  are  prepared  to  fill  extensive  orders  in  this  line  in  a  first-class  manner  and 
at  short  notice,  using  first-class  stock  in  every  instance,  and  charging  reasonable 
prices.  This  store  is  located  at  No.  2S7  Asylum  Street,  and  is  largely  patronized 
by  the  residents  of  Hartford  and  vicinity.  The  proprietors  are  well  and  favor- 
ably known,  and  justly  deserve  the  success  they  have  attained,  having  an 
intimate  knowledge  of  the  business  in  all  its  many  details  that  have  served 
them  excellently  in  their  intelligent  and  successful  efforts  to  extend  the  opera- 
tions of  their  house. 


E.  W.  WHITE,  Dealer  in  Ranges,  Stoves  and  Tinware  of 
all  descriptions ;  also  a  large  variety  of  Stove  Repairs ;  Tin  Roofing  and  Job 
Work  done  in  the  best  manner  by  experienced  workmen  ;  No.  538  Main  Street. — 
One  of  the  articles  to  which  the  experienced  and  careful  housekeeper  gives  the 
most  thought  and  care  in  selecting  is  the  stove,  especially  if  it  be  intended  for 
cooking  purposes,  for  few  things  are  at  once  so  trying  to  the  temper  and  the 
pocketbook  as  is  a  badly  constructed  or  designed  range  or  cooking  stove.  It  is 
the  poorest  possible  economy  to  try  to  save  a  few  dollars  on  the  purchase  price 
of  a  stove  by  choosing  one  of  old  style  or  flimsy  construction ;  for  poorly 
cooked  food  is  neither  nutritious  nor  appetizing,  and  the  laws  of  health  require 
it  to  be  both  if  the  greatest  good  is  to  be  attained.  The  establishment  of  Mr. 
F.  W.  White,  which  is  located  at  No.  538  Main  street,  has  one  of  the  largest 
and  most  desirable  stocks  of  ranges,  stoves  and  tinware  of  all  descriptions  in  the 
city,  and  the  prices  asked  are  as  low  as  is  frequently  quoted  on  inferior  goods 
elsewhere.  The  premises  occupied  are  30x90  feet  in  size,  with  a  basement. 
Employment  is  given  a  number  of  skilled  assistants.  Business  was  begun  in 
1840,  and  has  been  under  Mr.  White's  control  for  the  past  twenty-five  years. 
Orders  for  tin  roofing  and  job  work  of  all  kinds  are  done  in  the  best  manner  by 
experienced  workmen.  A  large  variety  of  stove  repairs  is  carried.  Mr.  White 
is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  and  very  widely  known. 


DAVID  W.  BROOKS,  Florist ;  Funeral  Work  a  Specialty  ; 
Store,  No.  53  Farmingtou  Avenue;  Greenhouse,  No.  3  Fairfield  Avenue;  Repre- 
sented by  H.  D.  Brooks. — The  great  increase  in  the  demand  for  flowers  of  late 
years  is  one  of  the  most  noticeable  indications  of  the  pronounced  gain  in  culture 
which  is  so  evident  on  every  side,  and  which  is  so  astonishing  to  foreign  critics 
of  this  country,  who  are  unable  to  understand  how  culture  can  be  so  general  in 
a  land  where  practically  every  one  works  for  a  living  and  there  is  no  recognized 
aristocracy.  Flowers  are  now  in  demand  for  all  occasions,  whether  for  joy  or 
for  sorrow,  and  every  one  who  goes  into  society  at  all  will  find  it  very  useful  to 
know  where  appropriate  floral  designs  can  be  obtained  without  delay  at  moder- 
ate prices.  Many  residents  of  Hartford  are  already  acquainted  with  the  estab- 
lishment of  Mr.  David  W.  Brooks,  whose  office  and  salesroom  is  located  at  No. 
53  Farmingtou  Avenue,  for  this  enterprise  was  started  some  twenty  years  ago, 
and  has  long  held  a  leading  position  among  other  establishments  of  the  kind  in 
this  vicinity,  and  it  is  but  fair  to  say  that  the  enviable  reputation  of  the  under- 
taking is  fully  maintained  at  the  present  day.  Five  spacious  and  well-equipped 
greenhouses,  heated  by  steam  and  water,  are  utilized  at  No.  3  Fairfield  Avenue, 
cultivating  four  acres.  The  greenhouse  block  is  150  x  1 10  feet  in  size,  aud  cut 
flowers,  floral  emblems,  wedding  bouquets,  funeral  designs,  etc.  (the  latter  is  a 
specialty),  are  offered  in  great  variety  aud  at  the  lowest  prevailing  prices,  while 
the  facilities  are  so  extensive  that  the  largest  orders  can  be  filled  at  very  short 
notice.  Mr.  Brooks  is  a  native  of  New  Brunswick,  Canada,  but  very  well  and 
favorably  known  in  this  city,  and  the  success  of  his  business  is  due  to  the  just 
and  honest  dealings  pursued  by  him  since  he  began  operations. 


Particular  attention 
is  called  to 

CHARLES  M.  GAINES, 

Printing, 
Embossing, 

C  our  ant  Building, 
Hartford. 

The 

Embossing 
On  Cover  of 
This  Book 

AS   A    SAMPLE    OF    OUR  WORK    IN    THIS    LINE. 
WE  WILL  GUARANTEE   THAT  ALL  WORK   DONE 
BY  US   WILL  MEET   WITH    YOUR    APPROBATION. 

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H.  H.  HART,  Carriages  and  Sleighs,  Nos.  39-43  Albany 
Avenue. — The  carriage  business  conducted  by  the  Harts  for  over  sixty  years  is 
one  of  the  oldest  aud  most  widely-known  establishments  of  its  kind  in  this 
section  of  the  country,  having  been  founded  in  1833  by  Mr.  S.  N.  Hart,  father 
of  the  present  proprietor.  This  house  has  enjoyed  an  enviable  reputation  for 
building  vehicles  which  for  durability,  gracefulness  of  design  and  fineness  of 
finish  have  been  second  to  none.  Mr.  H.  Hart,  the  present  proprietor,  who  suc- 
ceeded to  the  business  in  March,  1891,  is  a  practical  carriage  man,  learning  the 
trade  of  and  being  with  his  father  about  eight  years.  He  is  a  particular  and 
painstaking  business  man,  and  under  his  intelligent  and  experienced  direction 
the  business  has  been  successfuly  conducted  for  the  past  three  years.  The 
premises  occupied  on  Albany  Avenue  have  a  frontage  of  about  60  feet,  and 
extend  back  over  100  feet,  and  three  floors  are  entirely  utilized  in  the  business, 
which  gives  employment  to  a  large  number  of  mechanics.  The  several  depart- 
ments are  most  complete,  and  are  furnished  with  every  appliance  and  facility 
for  the  execution  of  first-class  work.  Mr.  Hart  manufactures  anything  in  the 
line  of  carriages,  wagons  and  sleighs,  and  also  handles  the  work  of  other 
makers.  An  important  department  of  his  business  is  repairing  and  painting, 
such  work  being  done  in  the  most  thorough  and  satisfactory  manner. 


THE  TROUT  BROOK  ICE  AND  FEED  COMPANY, 

Offices,  No.  278  Asylum  Street,  Hartford  ;  Farmiugton  Avenue,  West  Hartford  ; 
E.  H.  Arnold  &  Son,  Proprietors. — In  olden  days  the  use  of  ice  in  the  summer 
was  reserved  for  kings  and  high  dignitaries,  but  now  it  is  brought  within  the 
reach  of  all.  One  of  the  largest  and  most  successful  companies  of  the  entire 
State  engaged  in  this  line  is  the  Trout  Brook  Ice  and  Feed  Company  of  Hart- 
ford— office,  No.  278  Asylum  Street,  with  additional  offices  and  storage  plant 
on  Farmington  Avenue,  West  Hartford,  also  East  Hartford  aud  New  Hartford. 
The  proprietors  are  Messrs.  E.  H.  Arnold  &  Son,  the  business  having  been 
established  by  them  and  under  their  energetic  management  since  1S81.  Their 
storage  plant  has  a  capacity  for  18,000  tons,  and  they  carry  a  large  stock 
throughout  the  year.  They  ship  to  different  parts  of  the  State  on  wholesale 
rates  and  also  maintain  a  first-class  local  trade,  both  wholesale  and  retail. 
Their  hotel  and  family  trade  is  the  largest  aud  best  in  the  city.  Their  system 
of  wagon  delivery  has  been  carefully  perfected,  and  no  pains  are  spared  to 
insure  the  most  complete  aud  uniform  satisfaction  to  patrons.  The  rates  are 
the  lowest  on  the  market,  aud  the  quality  of  the  Trout  Brook  ice  is  too  well 
known  to  need  any  extended  eulogy.  An  average  corps  of  forty  men  is 
employed,  with  ten  delivery  wagons.  The  service  is  guaranteed  regular  and 
exact.  The  company  also  handle  a  good  business  in  feed  and  grain,  carrying  a 
large  stock  from  Western  producers  of  the  best  grade  and  at  very  attractive 
prices.  They  also  run  a  large  blacksmith  shop,  and  manufacture  and  repair 
wagons.  Our  readers  will  need  but  slight  attention  to  convince  themselves 
that  they  can  gain  exceptional  satisfaction  by  dealing  with  this  old  aud  reliable 
company. 


GEORGE  AVERY,  Dealer  in  Meats,  Provisions,  Groceries, 

Etc.,  No.  614  Capitol  Avenue. — The  quality  of  success  in  American  business  life 
is  closely  associated  with  all  that  makes  up  the  finest  part  of  our  civilization  ; 
for,  if  we  are  to  enjoy  comfortable  and  satisfactory  living,  we  certainly  must 
have  first-class  stores.  An  admirable  representative  of  our  American  enterprise 
and  progress  is  the  modern  store  conducted  by  Mr.  George  Avery  at  No.  614 
Capitol  Avenue,  this  city.  The  business  has  long  been  a  recognized  leader  in 
its  departments  of  local  trade.  The  store  is  situated  at  a  central  and  command- 
ing .point,  being  the  most  successful  and  prominent  with  the  best  retail  trade  of 
the  city.  The  premises  are  spacious  and  handsomely  fitted  up,  comprising  two 
floors,  each  40  x  60  feet  in  dimensions.  The  stock  carried  is  of  the  finest  and 
most  reliable  character.  It  includes  all  kinds  of  choice  meats,  canned  goods 
aud  provisions,  vegetables,  flour,  butter,  eggs,  and  a  general  line  of  select  family 
groceries.  Fish,  oysters  and  poultry  are  also  carried  in  season.  The  most 
careful  judgment  is  applied  in  the  selection  of  the  goods,  and  to  purchase  here 
is  a  sure  equivalent  of  the  very  best.  The  prices  are  moderate ;  and,  considering 
the  very  high  degree  of  satisfaction  and  thorough  reliability  secured,  this  can 
safely  be  called  the  cheapest  store  in  the  city.  There  is  no  effort  to  make  fancy 
prices,  although  the  store  makes  a  specialty  of  carrying  nothing  but  the  best, 
and  is  well  known  throughout  the  city  as  doing  so.  The  service  has  been 
thoroughly  perfected  so  as  to  secure  prompt  and  careful  delivery  of  all  orders. 
In  the  long  run  there  is  nothing  so  conducive  to  good  business  satisfaction  as 
to  trade  with  a  store  whose  standard  and  reliability  can  be  perfectly  depended 
upon,  and  our  readers  can  easily  prove  this  fact  by  dealing  with  Mr.  George 
Avery's  successful  and  first-class  store. 


WALTER  STARKIE,  Sanitary  Plumber  and  Gas  Fitter, 
No.  20  Church  Street. — It  is  far  better  to  have  no  plumbing  at  all  in  a  house 
than  to  have  what  plumbing  there  is  improperly  done,  aud  the  same  thing 
may  be  said  concerning  gas  fitting  and  electrical  apparatus.  This  is  no  theory 
of  ours,  but  has  been  repeatedly  proved  by  practical  experience,  so  we  say  to 
our  readers  :  "  Have  no  plumbing  of  any  kind  done  unless  you  can  have  it  done 
right."  Fortunately,  there  is  no  trouble  in  having  such  work  properly  done  if 
you  reside  in  Hartford  aud  vicinity,  it  being  necessary  only  to  place  the  order 
with  Mr.  Walter  Starkie,  doing  business  at  No.  20  Church  Street,  for  he  has 
had  many  years  of  varied  experience  and  has  unequaled  facilities  for  filling 
the  largest  orders  at  short  notice,  satisfaction  being  guaranteed  to  every 
customer.  Mr.  Starkie  started  in  business  for  himself  in  1891.  He  is  a  sanitary 
plumber  and  gas  fitter,  also  an  electrician,  and  since  starting  for  himself  has 
done  work  for  many  large  houses,  such  as  the  Standard  Manufacturing  Co.  and 
others,  also  erected  the  electric  works  at  Windsor,  Conn.  Mr.  Starkie  makes  a 
specialty  of  remedying  defective  plumbing  aud  introducing  the  latest  improve- 
ments. Jobbing  will  be  promptly  attended  to,  and  small  and  large  orders  are 
given  equal  attention,  competent  and  reliable  assistants  being  constantly 
employed,  and  bottom  prices  being  quoted  in  every  instance. 


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A.  L.   FOSTER  &  CO., 

CLOTHIERS  AND  HATTERS, 

Nos.  45,  47,  49,  51,  53  and  55   ASYLUM    STREET. 


ONE  could   scarcely   be  accused  of  exaggeration  in  saying  that   there   is  relatively  more   ability  and  enterprise   employed   in  the 
clothing  trade  than  in  any  other  branch  of  commercial  activity.      Competition  in  this  field  appears  to  be  keener  than  in  an- 
other, and  the  merchant  who  makes  and  holds  a  commanding  position  in  the  clothing  trade  has  need  of  talents  and   abilities 
of  a  rare  order.       It  may   not   be   generally  known   that   the  vast  retail   clothing   trade   of  New  England  is  largely  controlled   by  a 

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syndicate  embracing  the  largest  ex- 
perience and  ability  in  this  branch 
of  business,  which  is  known  as  the 
"Besse  Syndicate."  This  great  or- 
ganization controls  and  operates 
twenty-seven  stores  in  the  leading 
cities  of  the  New  England  States, 
among  which  one  of  the  largest  is 
the  firm  of  A.  L,.  Foster  &  Co.  of 
Hartford,  wholesale  and  retail  cloth- 
iers and  hatters.  This  house  was 
organized  in  18S4,  and  heads  the 
list  of  establishments  controlled  by 
the  Besse  Syndicate.  Its  large  con- 
nections with  the  trade  throughout 
this  section  give  it  unrivaled  facili- 
ties and  advantages  in  the  handling 


of  a  superior  line  of  clothing,  hats,  etc.,  at  the  very  lowest  prices. 
Messrs.  A.  L-  Foster  &  Co.  have  the  largest  store  of  its  kind  in  Hart- 
ford, it  having  a  frontage  of  fifty-six  feet  and  a  depth  of  one  hundred 
and  fifteen  feet,  with  a  height  of  ceiling  of  twenty  feet.  It  is  said  by 
gentlemen  who  have  traveled  extensively  that  this  is,  without  excep- 
tion, the  handsomest  clothing  store  in  America,  which  is  equivalent 
to  saying  that  it  is  the  finest  in  the  world.  The  sheets  of  plate-glass 
in  their  mammoth  show  windows  are  said  to  be  the  largest  in  the 
country,  being  ten  feet  wide  by  fifteen  feet  in  height.  Above  this 
are  large  and  handsome  panels  of  beveled  plate-glass,  presenting  one 
of  the  handsomest  fronts  we  have  ever  seen.  Messrs.  A.  L,.  Foster  & 
Co.  not  only  have  a  large  and  elegant  store  at  Nos.  45,  47,  49,  51, 
53  and  55  Asylum  Street,  but  they  do  the  largest  clothing  business 

in  New  England,  and  carry  an  immense  and  unusually  fine  stock  of  clothing.     They  employ  :an  average  of  twenty-four  competent  and 

experienced  salesmen,  who  give  courteous  and  careful  attention  to  the  requirements  of  every  caller. 


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FRAYER  &  FOSTER,  Dealers  in  Best  Qualities  of  Coal ; 
Office,  No.  446  Asylum  Street ;  Yards,  Garden  aud  Walnut  Streets. — Ever  since 
the  introduction  of  steam  aud  the  coincident  advance  of  modern  civilization, 
the  coal  industry  has  occupied  a  place  in  the  maintenance  of  the  race  unex- 
celled by  any  other.  On  the  quantity  and  excellence  of  the  coal  supply 
depeud  not  only  the  management  aud  support  of  our  great  commercial  and 
manufacturing  enterprises,  but  also,  in  reality,  the  life  of  the  world,  for  the 
onward  march  of  progress  has  swept  away  the  great  forests  of  civilized  coun- 
tries. In  the  light  of  these  facts,  it  is  easy  to  perceive  the  important  position 
which  a  leading  coal  house  occupies  in  any  community.  Such  a  representative 
house  is  that  of  Messrs.  Frayer  &  Foster  of  this  city,  which  succeeded  in  1886 
to  the  established  business  of  Mr.  Frayer,  this  gentleman  having  founded  it  in 
1883.  The  business  is  distinguished  for  the  superior  grades  of  coal  dealt  in  as 
well  as  its  prompt  delivery,  large  shipments  of  coal  being  constantly  received 
and  disposed  of  to  retail  consumers  at  rates  unexcelled  in  moderation.  A 
large  force  of  men  is  employed  in  the  execution  of  the  business,  and  a  yard  of 
about  2,000  tons  capacity,  conveniently  located  near  the  railroad,  is  used  for 
storing  the  extensive  and  valuable  stock.  The  office  is  located  at  No.  446 
Asylum  Street,  where  orders  are  received  and  promptly  filled  at  short  notice. 
The  yards  are  at  Garden  and  Walnut  Streets.  We  are  confident  that  those  who 
make  trial  of  the  dealings  and  stock  of  this  house  will  concur  in  the  approba- 
tion and  appreciation  which  have  attended  its  efforts,  and  be  sure  to  return 
again. 


HENRY  E.  YEOMANS,  Uvery  Stable,  No.  51  Farming- 
ton  Avenue,  adjoining  Farmington  Avenue  Hotel  ;  Telephone  Call,  146-3. — 
There  is  of  course  a  market  price  for  horse-hire  as  there  is  for  flour,  for  sugar, 
or  for  any  other  standard  commodity,  and  those  who  think  to  obtain  teams  at 
from  one-third  to  one-half  off  the  regular  rates  only  deceive  themselves,  unless, 
of  course,  they  are  in  a  position  to  make  special  contracts,  or  unless  certain 
circumstances  combine  to  favor  them  ;  but  still  there  is  such  a  thing  as  paying 
fancy  prices  for  livery  service,  and  those  who  do  this  get  no  better  accommoda- 
tions than  those  furnished  by  Mr.  Henry  E.  Yeomans,  who  makes  it  a  point  to 
quote  the  lowest  market  rates  aud  to  fully  meet  all  honorable  competition,  not 
only  as  regards  prices,  but  as  regards  the  quality  of  the  turnouts  supplied  as 
well.  Mr.  Yeomans  is  a  native  of  Connecticut,  and  began  operations  here  in 
1890,  having  succeeded  the  former  proprietor,  who  had  established  this  stable 
many  years  previously.  This  livery  stable  is  located  at  No.  51  Farmington 
Avenue,  adjoining  the  hotel.  Employment  is  given  to  six  assistants,  and  there 
are  seventeen  horses  and  five  nice  hacks,  coupes,  etc.,  for  livery  purposes.  An 
extensive  hacking,  boarding  aud  livery  stable  business  is  also  done,  fine-appear- 
ing carriages  and  experienced  drivers  being  furnished  at  short  notice  and 
special  attention  being  given  to  boarders  and  transients.  The  stable  is  of  brick, 
and  one  of  the  best  ventilated  in  this  State,  with  healthy  surroundings  for  the 
horses.  There  are  forty  good,  airy  stalls.  All  orders  are  assured  prompt  and 
painstaking  attention,  while  telephone  connection  enables  them  to  be  sent 
without  trouble  from  any  point  in  this  vicinity. 


MULCAHY,  THE  OUTFITTER,  the  Leading  Hartford 

Klothier  and  Hatter,  Nos.  33  to  41  Asylum  Street. — It  goes  without  saying  that  the 
most  popular  and  prosperous  merchant  is  he  who  uses  discriminating  judgment 
in  the  selection  of  his  stock  with  reference  to  the  requirements  of  the  com- 
munity to  which  he  caters,  and  this  fact  finds  no  better  exemplification  than  in 
the  clothing  and  outfitting  trade.  It  is  because  Mr.  Mulcahy  has  closely 
observed  this  leading  principle  during  his  long  business  career  that  he  is  to-day 
one  of  the  most  popular  clothiers  and  outfitters  in  Hartford,  aud  has  one  of  the 
largest  and  finest  establishments  in  the  city.  Mr.  Mulcahy-  began  business  here 
in  1876,  and  few  men  can  point  to  such  a  continuously  prosperous  career  as  he 
has  eujoyed  in  the  intervening  years.  He  has  made  it  a  point  to  carry  a  stock 
that  would  fully  satisfy  the  requirements  of  the  most  exacting  buyer,  and  by 
invariably  naming  low  prices  has  made  and  held  custom  in  the  face  of  the 
sharpest  competition.  Straightforward  methods  and  guaranteed  transactions 
could  have  no  other  result.  Mr.  Mulcahy  has  a  fine  establishment  on  Asylum 
Street,  the  numbers  of  the  store  running  from  33  to  41,  aud  giving  a  width  of 
51  by  a  depth  of  125  feet.  In  addition  he  has  a  store-room  30x30  feet,  while 
the  well-appointed  work-room  measures  40x30  feet.  A  large  and  attractive 
stock  of  clothing  and  men's  furnishing  goods,  hats,  shoes  and  trunks  is  carried, 
and  a  fine  class  of  custom  work  is  done  at  short  notice,  an  average  force  of  ten 
hands  being  employed. 


THE  DAIRY  I,UNCH  ROOM,   No.  189  Asylum  Street.— 

The  first  matter  occupying  the  attention  of  one  who  has  gained  employment  in 
a  large  city  is:  ''Where  can  good  and  palatable  meals  be  had  at  reasonable 
prices? "  For  the  average  man,  boarding  at  a  hotel  is  out  of  the  question,  even 
if  it  were  desirable  to  do  so,  for  the  better  grade  of  houses  are  obliged  to  put 
their  rates  so  high  that  one's  whole  wages  would  have  to  go  for  board  if  such 
were  occupied,  aud  the  cheap  hotels,  with  a  few  honorable  exceptions,  possess 
neither  the  convenience  of  a  first-class  house  nor  the  comforts  of  a  good 
lodging-house.  Therefore,  as  the  subject  is  of  so  much  importance,  we  offeruo 
apology  for  bringing  to  the  favorable  atteution  of  our  readers  the  establishment 
conducted  as  the  "Dairy  Lunch  Room,"  and  located  at  No.  189  Asylum  Street. 
This  business  was  established  in  1891 ;  and  although  undertaking  what  is 
undoubtedly  the  hardest  possible  task,  to  satisfy  regular  boarders,  we  feel  justified 
in  stating  that  the  result  of  their  labors  have  been  highly  satisfactory  to  all 
parties  concerned.  The  premises  utilized  measure  30XS0  feet  in  dimensions, 
aud  employment  is  given  to  seven  skilled  assistants.  Meals  are  served  at  all 
hours,  while  the  prices  are  very  reasonable.  Tables  are  reserved  for  ladies,  and, 
being  centrally  located,  the  Dairy  Lunch  Room  is  largely  patronized.  The 
many  articles  of  food  served  at  this  lunch  room  are  all  first  class,  but  special 
attention  is  given  to  oysters  in  every  style,  waffles,  wheat  cakes,  old-fashioneu 
buckwheat  cakes,  coffee,  tea  aud  chocolate. 


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I,.  G.  WII/EY,  Fine  Printing  at  Bottom  Prices ;  All  Orders 
Will  Receive  Careful  and  Prompt  Attention  ;  No.  156  Pearl  Street. — The  great- 
est of  all  revolutions,  that  wrought  by  the  introduction  of  the  printing  press, 
not  only  affects  the  sphere  of  ideas,  but  also  every  detail  of  modern  business  life. 
The  facility  and  speed  with  which  its  great  operations  are  carried  on  would  be 
impossible  without  the  convenience  afforded  by  the  experienced  business  printer. 
A  leading  and  first-class  house  in  this  department  of  local  business  is  that  con- 
ducted by  Mr.  I,.  G.  Wiley  at  No.  156  Pearl  Street,  City.  It  was  established  in 
1S90  by  Mr.  A.  W.  I<ang,  and  has  been  under  its  present  active  management 
since  1S92.  Mr.  L.  G.  Wiley  is  a  native  of  Hartford,  well  and  favorably  known 
in  both  its  business  and  social  circles.  He  has  devoted  a  long  period  to  a 
thorough  mastery  of  every  detail  in  this  line,  and  is  prepared  to  furnish  the  very 
best  grade  of  modern  service.  The  premises  occupied  at  above  address  comprise 
three  floors,  22  x  50  feet  in  dimensions.  They  are  equipped  with  modern  presses 
and  the  latest  improved  machinery  throughout,  the  same  being  operated  by 
electric  power.  Eight  experienced  and  reliable  workmen  are  regularly  em- 
ployed. Mr.  Wiley  carries  a  large  stock  of  printers'  and  stationery  supplies.  His 
materials  are  uniformly  of  the  best  grade,  and  his  special  lines  of  type  are  of  the 
most  artistic  and  attractive  character.  All  orders  receive  prompt  and  care- 
ful attention,  satisfaction  being  guaranteed  at  the  very  lowest  rates  which 
can  be  obtained  anywhere.  No  matter  what  line  of  printing  is  desired  by  our 
readers,  they  will  be  sure  to  obtain  the  best  results  at  this  reliable  and  progressive 
establishment. 


GEO.  D.  BARTI,]3TT,  Merchant  Tailor,  No.  25  Asylum 
Street. — An  accepted  authority  in  matters  of  dress  has  proclaimed  that  "material 
is  nothing;  fit  is  everything."  While  this,  like  most  general  statements,  is  not 
to  be  given  a  too-literal  interpretation,  the  main  idea  conveyed  by  it  is  one  that 
appeals  directly  to  all  men  who  would  be  well  dressed.  The  finest  material 
cannot  be  made  even  presentable  when  made  up  unless  it  has  passed.through 
the  hands  of  a  skillful  cutter  and  has  been  fashioned  by  an  expert;  while,  on 
the  contrary,  the  poorest  fabric  may,  through  such  agency,  be  made  attractive 
and  effective.  The  combination  of  good  material  and  superior  workmanship 
produces  the  result  which  we  all  desire,  and  the  only  way  to  secure  this  is  to 
have  clothing  made  by  a  merchant  tailor  who  is  a  thorough  master  of  the  art 
sartorial,  who  employs  the  best  materials,  is  an  artist  in  designing  and  cutting, 
and  who  has  none  but  finished  workmen  in  his  shop.  Such  a  tailor  we  have  no 
hesitation  in  saying  is  Mr.  Geo.  D.  Bartlett  of  No.  25  Asylum  Street,  a  man 
who  is  widely  and  popularly  known,  and  a  merchant  of  long  and  high  standing. 
His  business  was  established  in  1870,  and  has  grown  and  prospered  as  only  such 
enterprises  can  when  intelligence  and  ability  guide  their  affairs.  Mr.  Bartlett 
has  one  of  the  finest  custom-tailoring  establishments  in  the  city,  a  full  floor  of 
20x30  feet  in  the  Post  Building  being  occupied.  He  employs  twelve  hands, 
and  each  man  is  a  finished  workman.  Mr.  Bartlett  always  carries  a  full  and 
well-selected  line  of  the  best  domestic  and  foreign  woolens,  giving  his  customers 
a  wide  range  of  choice.  This  stock  contains  the  most  desirable  shapes  and  the 
freshest  novelties  in  designs  and  patterns. 


C.  H.  CASE  &  CO.  (Established  1867),  Diamonds,  Watches 
and  Jewelry,  No.  335  Main  Street. — Although  one  of  the  most  prominent  char- 
acteristics of  the  establishment  conducted  by  Messrs.  C.  H.  Case  &  Co.  is  its 
reliability,  it  would  be  incorrect  to  offer  this  as  the  explanation  of  the  great 
popularity  the  store  enjoys,  for  many  other  reliable  jewelry  stores  can  be  found 
in  the  city  ;  but  the  truth  of  the  matter  is  the  public  like  to  do  business  with  a 
firm  that  is  not  ouly  reliable  but  enterprising;  that  not  only  gives  full  value  for 
money  received  but  gives  its  patrons  an  opportunity  to  choose  from  the  very 
latest  fashionable  novelties  in  all  the  various  lines  of  goods  it  handles.  Messrs. 
C.  H.  Case  &  Co.  carry  011  a  business  which  was  established  in  1867,  the  present 
firm  having  had  control  for  the  past  six  years.  The  partners  are  Messrs.  C.  H. 
Case  and  M.  H.  Miller,  both  natives  of  Connecticut.  Premises  located  at  No. 
335  Main  Street  are  occupied,  they  having  an  area  of  over  1,200  square  feet  and 
being  very  completely  fitted  up.  The  stock  of  diamonds,  watches,  jewelry,  etc., 
is  displayed  to  excellent  advantage.  Messrs.  C.  H.  Case  &  Co.  are  sole  agents  for 
the  celebrated  Patek  Philippe  watch.  Every  facility  is  at  hand  for  the  repairing 
of  watches  and  jewelrjrin  a  superior  manner,  and,  as  employment  is  given  to  seven 
assistants,  orders  can  be  filled  without  delay.  Moderate  prices  are  quoted  in 
every  department  of  the  business,  and  no  trouble  is  spared  to  thoroughly  satisfy 
every  customer.  They  are  also  prepared  to  manufacture  jewelry  to  order  in  a 
superior  manner.  Mr.  Case  served  in  the  army  for  four  years  as  a  member  of 
the  10th  Connecticut  and  14th  U.  S.  Infantry.  He  has  also  been  commander  of 
Putnam  Phalanx.  Mr.  Miller  has  been  associated  in  the  business  about  five  years. 


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PRESTON  BROTHERS,  Jobbers  and  Dealers  in  Meats, 
Etc.,  No.  4S  Front  Street. — The  skill  required  in  the  handling  and  preparing  for 
sale  of  the  best  meats  is  not  surpassed  in  its  importance  by  any  other  line  of  trade. 
This  is  readily  seen  when  we  consider  that  the  health  of  every  member  of  the 
community  is  daily  dependent  upon  the  same.  A  leading  and  substantial  house 
in  this  department  of  Hartford  business  is  that  of  Messrs.  Preston  Brothers  at 
No.  4S  Front  Street  this  city.  They  began  business  in  1SS1,  and  have  made 
steady  upward  progress  from  that  time  on.  Their  facilities  have  been  perfected 
to  meet  every  demand,  and  few  houses  in  this  line  of  the  entire  State  handle  so 
successful  and  large  a  business  at  the  present  time.  The  store  premises  occupied 
consist  of  two  floors  30  by  45  feet.  Their  refrigerating  plant  is  one  of  the 
largest  and  best  in  the  city,  being  fitted  up  in  complete  modern  style.  The 
stock  carried  includes  all  lines  of  fresh  meats  and  provisions,  Chicago  dressed 
beef  and  mutton,  poultry,  game  in  season  and  canned  goods.  They  guarantee 
reliable  quality  and  lowest  current  prices.  The  delivery  system  has  been 
carefully  perfected,  and  two  teams  are  now  kept  busily  engaged  in  this  depart- 
ment. The  firm  are  large  jobbers  in  these  lines,  supplying  many  first-class 
stores,  and  also  conduct  a  good  family  and  hotel  trade.  Their  facilities  enable 
them  to  constantly  offer  special  bargains  as  well  as  a  uniform  first-class  service 
at  all  times.  Since  this  is  a  line  of  trade  in  which  it  is  wise  to  take  no  risk 
whatever,  our  readers  will  do  well  in  trading  with  a  careful  and  reliable  house 
like  that  of  Preston  Brothers. 


GEO.  H.  WEEKS,  Jobber  of  Cigars,  Tobacco,  Cigarettes  and 
Smokers'  Articles,  No.  449  Main  Street. — No  resident  of  Hartford  at  all  familiar 
with  the  town  would  consider  our  sketch  of  its  history  complete  did  we  not 
make  extended  mention  of  the  establishment  conducted  by  Mr.  Geo.  H.  Weeks, 
which  can  be  found  at  No.  449  Main  Street.  The  business  in  question  was 
inaugurated  by  this  gentleman  fourteen  years  ago,  and  he  is  a  jobber  of  cigars, 
tobacco,  cigarettes  and  smokers'  articles,  and  is  a  manufacturer  of  the  following 
noted  brands  of  domestic  cigars:  "The  Pilgrim,"  "Electric,"  "Youngster"  and 
"  Puritan;  "  also,  "G.  H.  Weeks'  Dime  Smoke,"  a  fine  grade  of  plug  smoking 
tobacco.  Mr.  Weeks  is  a  native  of  Hartford  and  served  in  the  army  during 
our  late  war,  being  a  member  of  the  Twenty-second  Connecticut  Regiment. 
The  premises  utilized  comprise  a  fine  store  20  x  65  feet  in  dimensions,  employ- 
ment being  given  to  a  number  of  competent  assistants.  Mr.  Weeks  does  some 
retail  trade,  although  he  is  principally  in  the  jobbing  business,  carrying  a  large 
stock  of  tobaccos  and  cigars.  His  special  brands  of  cigars,  on  which  he  has 
built  up  such  a  trade,  continue  to  be  in  popular  demand.  "The  Princess 
Nicotine"  is  Mr.  Week's  latest  brand  of  cigars,  and  is  giving  good  satisfaction, 
being  a  blend  of  the  finest  Havana  tobacco  grown  in  the  West  Indies.  "The 
Princess  Nicotine"  is  recommended  to  all  lovers  of  a  cool,  sweet  smoke,  and 
will  assuredly  please  them.  Mr.  Weeks'  sou,  Mr.  H.  S.  Weeks,  is  the  firm's 
salesman,  and  has  a  large  growing  trade,  which  is  fast  extending  beyond  a  local 
character. 


SAMUEI,  DAVIS,  Merchant  Tailor  ;  Clothes  Made  to  Order  ; 
No.  no  Trumbull  Street. — The  idea  that  economy  consists  of  paying  as  low  a 
price  as  possible  for  everything  that  is  purchased  is  a  very  mistaken  one,  and 
there  are  few  who  have  had  any  experience  in  buying  who  entertain  it.  There 
are  many  other  things  to  be  taken  into  consideration  besides  the  first  cost, 
especially  in  the  buying  of  clothing,  for,  in  the  selection  of  garments,  style, 
neatness  and  durability  should  all  be  provided  for.  There  are  some  few  who 
can  get  a  good  fit  in  ready-made  clothing  and  are  perfectly  satisfied  with  such 
garments,  but  the  large  majority  would  have  their  clothing  made  to  order  if 
they  thought  they  could  afford  it;  and  we  are  convinced  that  more  can  afford 
it  than  now  believe  they  can,  as  a  call  at  the  store  of  Mr.  Samuel  Davis 
will  prove.  First-class  custom  clothing  can  now  be  obtained  at  but  little  more 
than  is  asked  for  dependable  ready-made  garments,  and  the  superior  wearing 
qualities  of  the  former  more  than  compensate  for  the  slight  difference  in  price. 
Mr.  Davis  has  carried  on  his  present  business  since  1S92,  and  should  certainly 
be  in  a  position  to  satisfy  the  most  critical,  both  as  regards  price  and  workman- 
ship. He  carries  a  fine  and  varied  stock  of  foreign  and  domestic  fabrics,  and 
a  visit  to  his  establishment,  No.  no  Trumbull  Street,  will  show  that  all  tastes 
and  ages  can  be  suited.  A  perfect  fit  is  guaranteed,  and  every  garment  is  cut 
ill  the  latest  style.  Five  competent  assistants  are  employed,  and  all  orders  are 
assured  immediate  and  satisfactory  attention,  and  can  be  delivered  at  short 
notice.  Mr.  Davis  is  a  native  of  Hartford,  and  began  his  present  enterprise  in 
1892. 


O.  D.  WOODRUFF  &  CO.,  Manufacturing  Hatters  and 
Furriers,  No.  355  Main  Street. — It  is  an  excellent  rule  to  buy  direct  from  the 
manufacturers  whenever  possible,  and  it  is  not  only  possible  but  easy  for  the 
residents  of  Hartford  and  vicinity  to  buy  hats  and  furs  from  the  manufacturers, 
for  Messrs  O.  D.  Woodruff  &  Co.  are  makers  of,  as  well  as  dealers  in,  hats  and 
furs,  and  their  store  is  so  conveniently  located  at  No.  355  Main  Street  that  there 
is  no  excuse  for  not  at  least  investigating  the  advantages  they  offer.  The 
business  was  established  seventy  years  ago,  the  present  proprietor  beginning  in 
this  store  as  an  employee  in  1S35  ;  in  1846  the  firm  of  Strong  &  Woodruff  was 
formed,  aud  they  continued  the  business  for  about  thirty-three  years.  Mr. 
Strong  retiring,  the  present  firm  was  formed  ;  Mr.  Woodruff's  son  constituting 
the  company.  Since  the  decease  of  his  son,  which  occurred  about  a  year  ago, 
Mr.  Woodruff,  senior,  has  continued  the  business  alone,  without  making  any 
change  in  the  firm  name.  Spacious  and  well-appointed  premises  are  occupied, 
and  the  stock  on  hand  include,  not  only  a  carefully  chosen  assortment  of  hats, 
but  also  furs,  etc.  Special  attention  is  paid  to  making  fur  garments  to  order, 
fifteen  or  twenty  skilled  assistants  being  employed  in  this  department.  Fur 
garments  will  also  be  repaired  and  altered,  being  made  over  in  accordance  with 
the  latest  styles  at  short  notice.  Moderate  prices  are  quoted  in  every  depart- 
ment of  the  business,  and  we  are  confident  that  those  having  dealings  with  this 
house  will  have  reason  to  thank  us  for  calling  attention  to  their  facilities.  The 
premises  occupied  consist  of  a  store  25  by  160  feet  and  a  basement  25  by  100 
feet  in  dimensions. 


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POST    OFFICE. 


CHAS.  A.  BlvAKE  &  CO.,  Receivers  and  Shippers; 
Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Flour,  Hay,  Straw,  Grain,  Mill  Feed  and  Salt ; 
Nos.  634  to  638  North  Main  Street ;  Local  and  Long-Distance  Telephone  Con- 
nection.—This  progressive  and  leading  house  was  established  in  1888,  the 
present  firm  of  Cbas.  A.  Blake  &  Co.  being  successors  to  the  old  firm  ofWm. 
B.  Smith  &  Son.  They  occupy  well-equipped  aud  modern  salesrooms  at  Nos. 
6j4  t°  638  North  Main  Street,  carrying  a  complete  line  of  hay,  straw,  grain  and 
feed  for  both  wholesale  and  retail  buyers.  They  are  large  shippers  by  the  car- 
load from  leading  Western  and  New  England  points,  their  stock  being  in  every 
respect  up  to  date.  Prices  will  be  found  uniformly  based  upon  the  lowest  mar- 
ket figures.  The  firm  have  always  believed  in  a  high  standard,  reliable  cash 
business,  and  have  pursued  this  policy  steadily  from  the  first,  so  that  they  are 
now  enabled  to  afford  their  patrons  many  exceptional  and  attractive  bargains. 
A  specialty  is  made  of  baled  hay  and  straw  by  the  car  or  fractional  carload. 
They  are  always  prompt,  reliable  shippers,  and  guarantee  all  goods  to  be 
received  in  good  condition.     Their  wholesale  business  extends  throughout  New- 


England,  over  all  the  leading  railroads,  and  also  to  Canada.  They  enjoy  the 
very  best  of  trade  connections,  the  successful  establishment  of  which  has  been 
secured  only  by  long  and  patient  attention  to  all  the  best  features  of  this  line 
of  trade.  Their  regular  corps  of  assistants  consists  of  six  trained  clerks  and 
salesmen.  Whenever  desiring  Ai  service,  goods  and  quotations,  our  readers 
will  show  judgment  in  dealing  with  this  reliable  and  first-class  house. 


P.  "W.  BACKES,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Vienna  Bakery,  Lunch 
Room  and  Ice-Cream  Parlors,  Nos.  167  and  169  Asylum  Street,  opposite  Allyu 
House. — The  Vienna  bakery  conducted  by  Mr.  F.  W.  Backes  at  Nos.  167  and 

169  Asylum  Street  (in  the  fine  block  owned  by 
Mr.  Backes),  opposite  the  Allyu  House,  is  among 
the  most  reliable  iu  Hartford,  and  deserves  hon- 
orable mention.  The  business  is  both  whole- 
sale and  retail,  and  au  extensive  and  first-class 
trade  is  catered  to.  Mr.  Backes  is  a  thorough 
master  of  everything  pertaining  to  the  busiuess, 
and  has  built  up  a  trade  upon  a  sound  and 
permanent  basis.  He  occupies  commodious 
premises,  part  of  which  are  fitted  up  as  a  dining- 
room  and  ice-cream  parlor.  A  specialty  is  made 
of  serving  dinners,  where  none  better  can  be 
had  iu  the  city.  The  location  is  central  and 
near  the  depot.  These  departments,  as  well  as 
the  bakery,  are  well-equipped  with  the  latest 
modern  and  improved  machinery  for  facilitating 
the  business.  Mr.  Backes  has  made  it  an  invari- 
able rule  to  use  nothing  but  absolutely  pure  material,  and  upon  this  substantial 
basis  in  all  his  dealings  he  has  won  a  wide  reputation  and  instant  appreciation 
from  all  who  buy  his  goods.  He  has  developed  a  fiue  retail  trade.  Orders  for 
cake  for  weddings  and  parties  will  be  promptly  attended  to  and  delivered. 
Mr.  Backes  has  had  many  years'  experience  iu  the  business,  and  is  a  practical, 
popular  and  successful  baker. 


J.  M.  BISSELL, 

PACKER  AND  DEALER  IN 

Leaf  .  Tobacco, 

No.   220    STATE    STREET. 


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THE  PERKINS  ELECTRIC-SWITCH  MANUFAC- 

TURING  CO.,  No.  302  Asylum  Street. — The  development  of  electrical  appli- 
ances is  by  all  odds  the  most  significant  feature  of  the  closing  century.  The 
revolution  wrought  in  the  economy  of  industries  and  the  control  of  nature  is 
but  yet  barely  realized.  The  Perkins  Electric-Switch  Manufacturing  Co.  of 
Hartford  is  one  of  the  representative  houses  of  New  England  in  this  line.  Its 
ofEces  and  workshops  are  situated  at  No.  302  Asylum  Street  this  city  ;  and, 
though  incorporated  in  1890,  it  already  controls  a  very  large  and  successful 
business.  Their  well-known  "switches"  are  manufactured  under  various 
patents  issued  to  C.  G.  Perkins  from  1881  to  1890,  and  are  acknowledged  by  all 
competent  judges  to  be  unequaled  in  excellence  of  mechanical  construction. 
They  are  made  in  a  variety  of  styles  with  a  fine  porcelain  base  and  nickel  cover, 
and  with  a  capacity  ranging  from  5  to  150  amperes  on  a  continuous  current  of 
120  volts.  Every  instrument  is  fully  guaranteed,  and  the  universal  success 
with  which  they  have  met  is  the  best  testimony  to  their  value.  Another 
specialty  made  by  this  company  is  the  "Dovetail  Ceiling  Cut-Out,"  for  cleat, 
concealed  and  moulding  work.  Among  its  advantages  are  its  easy  adjustment, 
porcelain  protecting  lugs,  the  firm  dovetail  contacts,  and  freedom  from  possible 
accidental  disjunction.  It  is  undoubtedly  superior  to  any  other  on  the  market. 
Their  new  No.  3  Socket  also  combines  the  advantages  of  all  the  best  sockets, 
and  is  fitted  for  the  standard  bases  of  lamps.  The  energy  and  judgment  shown 
in  the  development  of  this  company  have  made  it  a  very  important  factor  in 
New  England  and  national  electrical  affairs.  Their  works  and  offices  cover 
two  floors  25  x  90  feet,  three  floors  23  x  75  feet  and  office  30  x  25  feet,  and  they 
employ  an  average  corps  of  forty-five  men.  Their  goods  are  well  known 
throughout  the  country,  and  are  also  shipped  in  large  quantities  to  foreign 
countries.  They  manufacture  also  at  above  address  the  well-known  Waterhouse, 
Gamble  &  Co.  Arc  Lamp,  which  for  incandescent  currents  has  numerous  points 
of  excellence,  placing  it  in  many  respects  at  the  top  among  lamps  of  its  class. 
The  Gibbs  Switch,  which  they  manufacture,  was  patented  March  27,  1894,  is 
double-pole,  double-brake.  Its  absolute  interchaugeability,  simplicity  and 
durability  will  recommend  this  switch  to  those  who  have  been  annoyed  by  the 
breaking  and  inability  to  replace  parts  of  many  otherwise  good  switches.  The 
parts  are  all  strong  and  not  liable  to  give  out ;  but,  iu  case  of  breakage,  the 
switch  is  so  simple  in  its  construction  that  any  part  may  be  replaced  in  a 
moment.  This  switch  is  giving  fine  satisfaction,  and  is  becoming  very  popular 
iu  the  trade. 


TTJTTI,E    &   MATHER,    Expressmen,    Carmen    and 

Transferring ;  Theatre  Work  a  Specialty  ;  Special  Attention  Given  to  Moving 
Furniture;  No.  2  American  Row. — There  is  no  need  of  enlarging  upon 
the  usefulness  of  a  thoroughly  reliable,  prompt  and  frequent  express  service, 
for  the  value  of  such  a  service  is  too  apparent  to  require  demonstration  and 
fully  justifies  us  in  making  prominent  mention  of  Messrs.  Tuttle  &  Mather, 


expressmen  and  carmen,  in  this  review  of  the  most  important  and  notable 
enterprises  of  the  city,  it  being  generally  conceded  that  no  express  running  out 
of  Hartford  renders  a  more  comprehensive  and  thoroughly  satisfactory  service 
than  the  one  in  question.  This  business  was  established  some  twenty  years  ago 
by  Mr.  Edson  Sissions,  who  was  bought  out  by  Mr.  T.  S.  Mather  in  1889. 
Mr.  C.  E.  Tuttle  was  already  engaged  in  the  express  business,  and  combining 
his  with  that  of  Mr.  Mather  made  the  present  strong  firm  and  large  business. 
Messrs.  Tuttle  &  Mather  are  well-known  expressmen  and  carmen,  making  a 
specialty  of  theatre  work  and  furniture  moving.  Their  business  has  steadily 
developed  until  now  eight  trucks  and  express  wagons  are  required  in  handling 
the  business  transacted.  They  do  business  for  such  large  concerns  as  Cal- 
houn's Printing  Co.,  Squires  &  Son,  Atlantic  Screw  Works,  Jacobs,  Avery  & 
Jacobs,  Storrs  &  Candee,  the  theatrical  business,  and  a  large  percentage  of  the 
wharfage  trucking.  Goods  transported  by  this  express  are  assured  careful 
handling  and  prompt  delivery,  and  as  the  charges  on  all  classes  of  freight  from 
light  packages  to  heavy  bundles,  machinery,  etc.,  are  uniformly  moderate,  it  is 
no  wonder  that  very  general  use  should  be  made  of  the  facilities  offered.  All 
orders  addressed  to  No.  2  American  Row  are  assured  prompt  attention  and 
satisfactory  execution. 


HARDING  &  HOLBROOK  (Atlantic  Fish  Market),  Whole- 
sale and  Retail  Dealers  in  All  Kinds  of  Fresh,  Salt,  Smoked  and  Pickled  Fish, 
Oysters,  Clams,  Lobsters,  &c,  No.  567  Main  Street. — Those  who  have  done 
business  with  Messrs.  Harding  &  Holbrook  long  enough  to  become  familiar 
with  their  methods  and  the  excellence  of  their  service  need  not  be  advised  to 
patronize  their  establishment  in  the  future ;  but,  as  there  are  doubtless  many 
among  our  readers  who  have  not  had  this  experience,  we  think  it  will  be  both 
pleasant  and  well  advised  for  us  to  call  attention  to  some  of  the  many  advan- 
tages they  have  to  offer.  To  begin  with,  the  business  was  established  by  Mr. 
Paine  about  thirty  years  ago.  He  was  succeeded  by  Messrs.  Daniels  &  Hol- 
brook, and  they  in  turn  by  the  present  proprietors  about  seven  years  ago.  Mr. 
S.  E.  Harding  is  a  native  of  Wellfleet,  Mass.,  and  Mr.  W.  J.  Holbrook  is  from 
the  same  town.  Both  are  widely  known  and  highly  esteemed  in  Hartford, 
where  they  occupy  premises  located  at  No.  567  Main  Street,  and  popularly 
known  as  the  Atlantic  Fish  Market,  and  which  are  very  completely  fitted  up 
for  the  carrying  on  of  the  business  in  the  best  possible  manner.  Dealing  as 
they  do  in  such  perishable  commodities  as  fish,  Messrs.  Harding  &  Holbrook 
have  spared  no  pains  to  provide  the  most  approved  means  for  the  preservation 
of  the  same  when  the  weather  is  warm  or  otherwise  unfavorable,  and  they  have 
found  their  reward  in  the  character  of  their  patronage,  for  no  one  likes  to  pur- 
chase food  which  has  been  improperly  cared  for.  They  are  wholesale  and 
retail  dealers  in  fresh,  salt,  smoked  and  pickled  fish,  oysters,  clams,  lobsters, 
etc.  Three  well-informed  assistants  are  constantly  employed,  and  orders  are 
promptly  delivered  to  any  part  of  the  city. 


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The  Keating  Wheel 


THE  STRONGEST  LIGHT  WHEEL   IN  THE  WORLD. 
Beautifully  finished  ;   graceful,  easy-running.     A  wheel  upon  which  you  can 
take  solid  comfort.     Though  not  made  in  Hartford,  the  State  Agency  is  held  by 

A.  H.  POMEROY,  No.  98  Asylum  Street. 

You  should  certainly  give  it  a  trial  before  buying  a  wheel. 


WOOU,EY'S   HACK,    UVERY    AND    BOARDING 

STABLES,  No.  108  Main  Street.— There  is  no  disputing  the  fact  that 
Woolley's  Hack,  Livery  and  Boarding  Stables  occupy  a  leading  position 
among  similar  establishments  of  the  kind  in  Hartford;  and  it  is  perfectly 
natural  that  such  should  be  the  case,  for  their  proprietor  is  one  of  the  most 
experienced  stable  keepers  in  the  city  and  spares  no  expense  to  afford  his 
customers  every  accommodation.  The  enterprise  uuder  his  charge  he  founded 
twenty-five  years  ago,  and  he  was  also  for  many  years  an  undertaker  here.  Mr. 
W.  P.  Woolley  is  ably  assisted  in  the  management  of  these  stables  by  his  son, 
Mr.  F.  P.  Woolley,  who  is  a  very  popular  young  man.  These  stables  are 
located  at  No.  108  Main  Street,  and  are  neat  and  commodious  in  every  respect. 
Sixty  horses  and  thirty  carriages  are  kept  in  first-class  condition  for  livery 
purposes,  and  fifteen  experienced  assistants  are  employed.  Mr.  Woolley  caters 
to  a  very  fine  and  extensive  patronage,  the  Governor  being  among  his  patrons. 
We  can  assure  those  who  have  not  yet  made  trial  of  Mr.  Woolley's  facilities 
that  they  are  equal  to  the  best,  and  are  in  fact  superior  to  those  of  the  average 
livery  stable,  while  his  prices  are  low  and  equitable.  Hacks  will  be  furnished 
for  all  occasions  at  short  notice. 


A.  D.  COOKE,  Retail  Dealer  in  Groceries  and  Provisions ; 

Fresh,  Salt  and  Canned  Fish  ;  No.  56  Market  Street. — The  age  and  importance 
of  the  grocery  trade  entitle  it  to  a  leading  position  among  the  most  influential 
industries  of  the  world,  and  its  representatives  in  this  State  and  vicinity  are  not 
surpassed  for  reliable  dealings  or  business  enterprise  by  any  of  their  confreres. 
Prominent  among  the  leading  grocers  and  provision  dealers  of  this  section  ot 
the  State  Mr.  A.  D.  Cooke  has  long  been  recognized  as  an  honorable  anil  pro- 
gressive merchant.  He  established  his  business  here  in  1S86  and  has  since  met 
with  continuous  and  deserved  success.  He  employs  regularly  three  assistants, 
and  commands  one  of  the  finest  retail  trades  in  this  section  of  the  city.  His  stock 
of  groceries  and  provisions,  fresh,  salt  and  canned  fish,  is  first-class  and  reliable 
in  every  respect,  and  rated  at  prices  considerably  below  the  average.  A  specialty 
is  made  of  the  fish  department.  The  premises  utilized  comprise  two  floors  30x60 
feet  in  dimensions,  and  are  located  at  No.  56  Market  Street.  This  store  is  a 
model  of  neatness  and  care  in  the  keeping  of  the  stock,  and  in  the  tasteful 
display  of  the  goods. 


NIMS,  WHITNEY  &  CO.  (Successors  to  J.  H.  Goodell, 
Formerly  with  H.  R.  Gridley,  Now  with  the  Above),  Manufacturers  of  and 
Dealers  in  Doors,  Windows  and  Blinds,  No.  572  Main  Street. — Although  there 
has  been  a  steady  advance  all  along  the  line  in  the  various  trades  and  industries 
of  the  country  during  the  past  quarter  century,  there  is  hardly  a  department 
which  has  made  such  appreciable  and  rapid  progress  as  that  concerned  with 
house-building  supplies  and  artistic  wood  manufacturing.  The  inventive  spirit 
of  New  England  has  been  concentrated  as  never  before  in  this  special  line,  and 
the  result  is  seen  in  a  wide  variety  of  beautiful  and  important  improvements. 
An  establishment  which  represents  the  latest  and  best  ideas  in  this  field,  having 
a  trade  equaled  by  few  in  New  England,  is  that  of  Messrs.  Nims,  Whitney  .S; 
Co.,  whose  Hartford  branch  is  situated  at  No.  572  Main  Street,  and  uuder  the 
mauagemeut  of  Mr.  N.  C.  Wardwell.  The  factories  of  this  house  at  Keene. 
N.  H,  have  been  in  operation  for  over  thirty  years.  Their  Hartford  store  and 
warehouse,  uuder  the  charge  of  Mr.  Wardwell  since  1S90,  has  at  once  taken  a 
leading  position  in  its  line,  owing  to  the  very  large  modern  facilities  at  its  com- 
mand. The  stock  includes  every  line  of  doors,  windows,  sash,  blinds,  plate 
and  window  glass,  putty,  etc.,  at  the  lowest  figures  on  the  market.  Very  tine 
specialties  in  hardwood-work,  inside  shutters  and  blinds  are  made  to  order. 
Constant  large  consignments  are  received,  and  the  stock  of  this  house  will 
always  be  found  up  to  the  very  largest  aud  best  demands  of  the  trade.  The  lead- 
ing builders  and  contractors  of  this  section  have  shown  by  their  action  that  the 
work  furnished  by  this  house  is  first-class.  The  most  careful  attention  is  paid 
to  special  orders,  and  the  facilities  of  the  house  are  uuexcelled  for  retail  as  well 
as  wholesale  trade.  Mr.  N.  C.  Wardwell,  the  efficient  local  representative,  is  a 
native  of  Greenfield,  Mass.,  widely  aud  favorably  known  to  the  trade  in  this 
important  department. 


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DANIELS,  THE  PRINTER,  No.  284  Asylum  Street, 
Room  4;  Commercial  Printing  at  Lowest  Prices. — In  this  age  of  enlighten- 
ment and  progress,  old-fashioned  methods  have  no  chance,  and  there  is  no  line 

of  business  in  which  this  fact  is  so  forcibly 
demonstrated  as  in  printing.  People  want 
good  work  and  modern  work,  and  it  is  be- 
cause he  is  so  well  able  to  fill  these  require- 
ments that  Daniels,  the  Printer,  has  made 
such  a  large  success  of  his  business,  and 
enjoys  such  widespread  popularity.  He 
began  business  in  Hartford  in  1S73,  and 
has  always  exhibited  the  greatest  enter- 
prise, keeping  fully  abreast  of  the  times 
and  improvements  of  the  age,  and  meet- 
ing with  the  most  flattering  success  in 
every  department  of  work.  Mr.  Daniels 
makes  a  specialty  of  commercial  printing 
at  low  prices,  and  possesses  most  excellent 
facilities  for  the  execution  of  any  descrip- 
tion of  work  in  this  line,  from  a  simple 
business  card  to  an  illustrated  trade  catalogue.  His  establishment  occupies 
two  floors  of  the  building,  No.  284  Asylum  Street,  each  floor  having  an  area 
of  30x40  feet.  The  plant  is  complete  in  every  detail,  being  furnished  with 
four  large  presses  of  the  latest  and  most  approved  make,  and  all  other  appli- 
ances of  a  first-class  modern  printing  house,  including  the  latest  and  best  styles 
of  type.  Mr.  Daniels  is  himself  a  thoroughly  practical  printer,  and  employs 
none  but  the  most  competent  men,  his  working  force  averaging  six. 

E.  GATEI/Y  &  CO.,  Installment  Dealers;  Furniture,  Car- 
pets, Bedding,  and  General  Household  Furnishings;  No.  2S8  Asylum  Street. — 
There  is  not,  probably,  a  business  firm  in  Hartford  which  needs  less  introduction 
than  Messrs.  E.  Gately  &  Co.  In  1878  the  present  enterprise  was  started  by 
them,  and  a  long  practical  experience  in  the  furniture  business  has  been 
enjoyed.  The  premises  occupied,  and  located  at  No.  288  Asylum  Street,  com- 
prise one  floor  20x100  feet  in  dimensions,  with  basement  and  second  story. 
Twelve  competent  assistants  are  employed.  The  stock  carried  is  large  and 
varied,  and  embraces  all  kinds  of  furniture,  carpets,  bedding  and  general  house- 
hold furnishings,  as  all  tastes  are  catered  to.  Many  new  novelties,  makes  and 
designs  are  always  being  shown  in  furniture,  and  no  pains  are  spared  to  please 
the  most  fastidious  customers,  while  everything  sold  here  will  be  found  to 
prove  just  as  represented  in  every  particular.  The  business  is  ably  managed 
by  Mr.  E.  G.  Carter,  who  is  very  well  and  favorably  known  throughout  Hart- 
ford. Messrs.  Gately  &  Co.  sell  on  the  installment  plan,  thus  enabling  all  to 
furnish  their  homes  at  a  small  outlay.  They  make  most  favorable  inducements 
to  their  patrons,  and  guarantee  to  sell  as  low  as  any  one  engaged  in  the  same 
line  of  trade. 


W.  J.  MAY,  Dealer  in  Fine  Groceries,  Foreign  and  Domestic 
Fruits,  No.  61  Farmingtou  Avenue,  Asylum  Hill;  All  Orders  by  Telephone 
Promptly  Executed. — Should  a  person  thoroughly  acquainted  with  the  com- 
parative standing  of  the  various  business  houses  of  this  town  be  asked  to  name 
half  a  dozen  of  the  leading  grocery  houses  of  Hartford,  he  would  unquestion- 
ably include  W.  J.  May  in  the  list,  for  this  concern  has  long  held  its  present 
high  position,  and  is  generally  conceded  to  have  few  if  any  rivals  in  its  par- 
ticular line  of  business.  The  reasons  for  this  favorable  judgment  are  not 
difficult  to  learn,  for  no  one  can  visit  this  establishment  without  being  im- 
pressed by  the  magnitude  and  variety  of  the  stock  carried,  the  dependable 
character  of  the  goods  and  the  low  prices  quoted  on  the  same,  while  the  prompt 
and  courteous  attention  extended  to  every  caller  is  of  itself  enough  to  entitle 
this  representative  concern  to  particularly  favorable  mention.  This  enterprise 
was  founded  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago  by  Messrs.  Sumner  &  Smith,  and,  after 
some  changes,  in  1879  the  present  proprietor  assumed  control.  He  is  a  native 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  well  known  in  this  town  and  vicinity.  The  premises 
utilized  are  located  at  No.  61  Farmington  Avenue,  on  Asylum  Hill;  they  com- 
prise one  floor  aud  basement,  20  x  70  feet  .in  dimensions.  Two  teams  and  four 
competent  assistants  are  employed.  Fine  groceries,  foreign  and  domestic 
fruits,  flour,  sugar,  teas,  coffees,  pure  spices,  etc.,  are  dealt  in,  and  all  orders 
are  accurately  filled  at  short  notice. 


HENRY  C.  BURGESS,  Dealer  in  Lehigh  and  Free-Burn- 
ing All-Rail  Coal,  No.  15  Albany  Avenue. — It  is  needless  to  expatiate  on  the 
supreme  value  of  coal,  but  a  matter  which  concerns  every  one  of  our  readers 
is  where  this  indispensable  article  can  be  purchased  on  the  very  best  terms. 
An  answer  to  their  complete  satisfaction  can  be  made  by  trial  of  the  superior 
facilities  afforded  by  Mr.  Henry  C.  Burgess  at  No.  15  Albany  Avenue,  the  lead- 
ing Hartford  merchant  in  this  line.  The  business  was  established  in  1SS6  by 
Mr.  J.  C.  Taft,  whose  experienced  oversight  as  Weigher  aud  Superintendent 
is  still  enjoyed  by  the  house.  For  the  past  six  years  it  has  been  under  the  gen- 
eral management  of  Mr.  H.  C.  Burgess,  than  whom  there  is  no  more  experienced 
or  widely-conversant  dealer  of  coal  in  this  part  of  New  England.  The 
premises  occupied — immediately  adjacent  to  the  railroad,  at  above  address — 
comprise  more  than  an  acre  of  ground,  and  are  fitted  up  with  the  finest  class  of 
storage-sheds,  coal-pockets,  general  weighing  and  shipping  facilities.  A  spe- 
cialty is  made  of  the  Ai  retail  trade,  though  there  are  some  very  large  regular 
customers  of  the  house.  The  stock  carried  is  not  excelled,  either  in  size  or  high 
standard,  anywhere  in  this  section.  The  leading  specialties  are  Lehigh  and 
free-burning  coals,  in  all  the  standard  forms  and  sizes;  the  stock  also  includes 
favorite  kinds  of  anthracite  and  stove  coals  from  other  sections  of  the  East. 
Its  high  character  can  be  judged  from  the  fact  that  it  is  entirely  shipped  by 
rail  directly  from  the  mines— a  course  which  would  be  impossible  with  iuferior 
grades.  Quick,  reliable  service  and  liberal  prices  have  placed  the  business  of 
this  house  at  the  very  front  of  local  trade. 


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E.  N.  &  N.  O.  KEI/I/OGG,  Wool,  No.  373  Asylum  Street. 
— From  various  causes  the  subject  of  wool  has  been  of  extreme  iuterest  to  the 
entire  American  people  for  some  years  past.  When  it  is  considered  that  three- 
fourths  of  all  the  clothing  worn  must  be  derived  from  this  source,  the  reason 
for  this  interest  is  not  difficult  to  fathom.  Whatever  may  be  the  rating  of  tariff 
schedules,  it  is  certain  that  the  leading  wool  trade  of  this  part  of  the  country 
will  continue  under  the  management  of  the  house  of  E.  N.  &  N.  O.  Kellogg,  as 
it  has  for  the  past  fifty  years  or  more.  The  reason  for  this  is  simply  that  this 
house  has  invariably  offered  the  best  of  service  and  goods.  A  very  large  propor- 
tion of  Hartford's  commercial  life  has  been  built  up  since  this  old  reliable  house 
was  established.  Mr.  E.  N.  Kellogg,  the  pioneer  wool  merchant  of  this  part  of 
the  State,  was  also  one  of  the  first  Councilmen  at  the  incorporation  of  Hartford 
as  a  city.  By  the  slow  and  steady  growth  of  many  years  the  firm  have  created 
a  very  wide,  complete  range  of  trade  facilities  and  connections.  They  were 
extensive  importers  in  the  county  twenty  years  ago  of  the  finest  European  and 
Australian  wools,  also  handling  all  the  leading  American  brands.  Their  com- 
mission and  jobbing  trade  extends  to  all  parts  of  New  England,  supplying  many 
of  the  largest  mills  in  this  and  other  States.  One  of  their  prominent  specialties 
is  "scoured  wool,"  a  marked  favorite  for  high-grade  cloths.  The  high  standing 
and  reputation  of  the  house  area  most  complete  guarantee  of  liberal  dealings  and 
the  very  best  wholesale  rates.  Their  influence  has  been  felt  in  the  elevation  of 
the  New  England  wool  trade  from  its  earliest  period  to  the  present  time. 


J.  SAMUEI/S  &  CO.,  New  England  Boot  and  .Shoe  House, 
No.  354  Main  Street,  Corner  Kinsley,  Hartford,  and  No.  23  Colony  Street, 
Meriden. — One  of  the  reasons  why  so  much  dissatisfaction  exists  in  the  matter 
of  footwear  is  that  less  judgment  is  displayed  in  the  purchase  of  these  articles 
than  in  any  other  line  of  wearing  apparel.  But  in  this  as  in  every  other  depart- 
ment of  life  the  progressive  spirit  of  the  age  is  making  itself  felt,  and  the 
erroneous  impression  that  a  tight  fit  is  a  good  fit  is  rapidly  disappearing,  and 
with  it  the  tendency  of  shoes  to  lose  their  shape  and  disintegrate  under  ordinary 
wear.  Somebody  has  said  that  more  trouble  has  been  caused  in  this  world  by 
misfit  shoes  than  by  bad  hearts,  and  he  was  about  right.  The  best  results  in 
buying  shoes  are  sure  to  be  obtained  by  relying  upon  the  judgment  of  such  re- 
sponsible dealers  as  Messrs.  J.  Samuels  &  Co.,  of  the  New  England  Boot  and 
Shoe  House,  No.  354  Main  Street.  They  have  a  handsome  corner  store,  25  x  100 
feet  in  dimensions,  which  is  one  of  the  finest  shoe  emporiums  in  the  State.  The 
character  and  importance  of  the  business  may  be  inferred  from  the  fact  that  the 
annual  sales  of  the  house  aggregate  between  $85,000  and  $90,000.  This  store 
was  first  opened  in  1876  by  Mr.  Samuels,  who  came  from  Boston,  where  he  had 
previously  been  in  the  business  for  a  number  of  years.  The  firm  employ  six 
assistants  here,  and  also  have  a  fine  branch  store  at  Meriden,  Conn.  Mr.  Samuels 
is  a  courteous  and  obliging  gentleman,  and  customers  at  his  store  receive  the 
most  satisfactory  and  polite  attention  from  him  and  his  alert  and  well-trained 
assistants. 


JOHN  McCLARY  (Wood-Working  Company),  Office  and 
Factory,  Nos.  65,  67  and  69  Front  Street,  and  Nos.  85,  87,  89  and  91  Grove  Street. 
— The  union  of  art  and  mechanical  skill  in  the  field  of  wood-working  machinery 
has  produced  results  in  recent  years  more  beautiful  than  were  ever  obtained 
before.  This  is  seen  in  the  interior  wood  finish,  hardwood  mouldings,  etc., 
which  adorn  our  most  beautiful  and  important  buildings.  A  business  enterprise 
which  has  taken  a  marked  and  influential  position  in  this  department  is  that 
conducted  by  Mr.  John  McClary  at  Nos.  65-69  Front  Street  and  Nos.  S5-91  Grove 
Street,  Hartford.  It  was  established  by  Mr.  McClary  in  1S8S  and  has  continued 
under  his  management  without  change.  The  business  premises  occupied  afford 
about  16,000  feet  square  floor  space,  and  are  admirably  equipped  with  every 
modern  line  of  machinery.  Thirty-five  men  are  employed  on  the  average,  and 
a  large  annual  output  made  of  all  kinds  of  wood-working  and  turned  goods. 
This  includes  special  fixtures  for  banks,  drug-stores,  church  seats,  pulpits, 
altars,  offices,  saloons,  mantels,  sideboards,  wainscotings,  ceilings,  floor-work, 
etc.,  at  very  low  and  attractive  rates.  Mr.  McClary  executes  special  designs  to 
order  and  also  carries  a  large  general  stock  of  wood-fittings  and  fixtures. 
Estimates  are  carefully  furnished  and  can  be  most  thoroughly  relied  upon.  As 
nothing  adds  so  much  to  the  interior  effect  of  a  business,  public  or  private 
edifice  as  fine  woodwork,  it  should  prove  of  value  and  iuterest  for  all  our 
readers  to  make  a  careful  examination  of  the  facilities  of  this  successful  and 
leading  house  in  its  line. 


JOSEPH  HAGARTY,  Dealer  in  Groceries  and  Provisions, 
No.  75  Front  Street. — One  of  the  recently-established  and  at  the  same  time  one 
of  the  most  reliable  enterprises  carried  on  in  this  sectiou  of  Hartford  is  that 
conducted  by  Mr.  Joseph  Hagarty  at  No.  75  Front  Street,  for  the  proprietor  is 
well  and  favorably  known  throughout  this  vicinity,  and  has  had  sufficient 
experience  in  his  present  line  of  business  to  be  thoroughly  familiar  with  it  in 
every  detail.  Mr.  Hagarty  is  a  native  of  Hartford,  and  as  before  stated  is  well 
known  throughout  the  city.  He  is  Financial  Secretary  of  the  A.  O.  H.,  Second 
Division,  and  was  formerly  Financial  Secretary  of  the  United  Irish  Society,  and 
also  a  member  of  the  Foresters.  The  store  occupied  by  him  is  very  conveniently 
fitted  up,  the  space  available  being  sufficiently  extensive  to  admit  of  the 
carrying  of  a  large  and  varied  stock,  comprising  selected  family  groceries  and 
provisions  of  all  kinds.  This  stock  is  new,  fresh  and  "clean"  in  every  depart- 
ment, and  therefore  Mr.  Hagarty  has  no  undesirable  goods  to  "work  off,"  but  is 
in  a  position  to  supply  articles  that  will  satisfy  the  most  fastidious.  Orders  are 
filled  at  short  notice,  and  every  caller  may  safely  depend  upou  receiving 
courteous  and  painstaking  attention.  This  establishment  was  founded  in  1891, 
and  has  been  under  the  able  management  of  its  present  proprietor  from  its 
inception.  Those  giving  Mr.  Hagarty's  establishment  a  trial  will  find  him 
prepared  to  fill  either  large  or  small  orders  without  delay,  and  at  the  lowest 
market  rates. 


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BIRD'S-EYE    VIEW. 


BOUCHER  &  CORNWEU,,  Domestic  Laundry;  Shirts, 
Collars  and  Cuffs  a  Specialty;  Goods  Collected  and  Delivered  Free  of  Charge; 
No.  15  Church  Street. — One  need  not  be  very  old  to  remember  the  storm  of 
opposition  which  hailed  the  advent  of  the  first  public  laundries,  or  rather  the 
first  machine  laundries;  for  the  introduction  of  the  washing  machinery  now  in 
general  use  is  of  comparatively  recent  date,  and  few  industries  have  developed 
as  rapidly  as  the  laundry  business  during  the  past  ten  or  twelve  years.  The 
public  were  warned  that  the  machinery  would  rip  clothes  to  pieces ;  that  fine 
linen  would  be  burned  beyond  repair;  the  strongest  materials  would  be  rotted 
by  chemicals,  and  havoc  and  ruin  generally  would  result  from  patronizing  these 
establishments;  but  still  they  were  supported  so  liberally  that  their  number 
has  increased  with  phenomenal  rapidity,  and  this  increase  is  still  going  on — so 
the  natural  presumption  is  that  the  service  they  afford  is  efficient  and  satis- 
factory. The  Domestic  Laundry,  located  at  No.  15  Church  Street,  may  be 
cited  as  a  representative  establishment  of  this  kind,  for  it  is  one  of  the  most 
liberally-patronized  laundries  in  this  section  of  the  State,  and  offers  a  service 
unsurpassed  for  reliability  and  general  efficiency.  The  proprietress,  Mrs.  L.  A. 
Cornwell,  came  from  New  York  and  founded  the  Domestic  Laundry  in  1883. 
The  premises  utilized  by  her  cover  an  area  of  some  2,400  square  feet,  and  are  fitted 
up  with  a  complete  plant  of  the  most  improved  machinery.  Employment  is 
given  to  ten  assistants,  and  the  various  duties  and  responsibilities  are  so  defi- 
nitely placed  that  the  greatest  possible  accuracy  is  attained.  A  specialty  is  made 
of  shirts,  collars  and  cuffs,  and  all  work  will  be  called  for  and  delivered  free 
of  charge  to  any  part  of  the  city,  and  the  charges  will  compare  favorably  with 
any  quoted  by  other  laundries  turning  out  equally-desirable  work. 


J.  D.  FISKE  &  CO.,  Leather  and  Findings;  Boot  and  Shoe 
Uppers  and  Shoe-Store  Supplies;  No.  278  Asylum  Street. — The  immense  scope 
of  trade  and  industry  necessary  for  the  complete  manufacture  of  a  modern  shoe 
is  hardly  realized  by  those  who  have  not  given  the  subject  careful  attention. 
There  is  probably  no  other  line  into  which  so  many  channels  of  invention 
and  manufacture  converge  as  this.  This  fact  is  very  clearly  illustrated  by 
the  extensive  business  and  stock  handled  by  the  well-known  firm  of  Messrs. 
J.  D.  Fiske  &  Co.,  No.  278  Asylum  Street,  Hartford.  It  has  now  been  in 
successful  operation  for  the  past  fifteen  years  and  is  a  recognized  leader  in  its 
department  throughout  the  State.  A  large  modern  store  is  occupied,  26x100 
feet  iu  dimensions,  and  completely  stocked  at  all  times.  The  trade  is  largely- 
wholesale,  but  a  first-class  grade  of  retail  business  is  also  handled.  Iu  addition 
to  full  lines  of  finished  and  dressed  leather,  morocco,  kid,  etc.,  and  boot  and 
shoe  uppers  for  local  manufacturers,  the  following  comprises  a  partial  list  of  the 
slu-e  findings  carried  in  stock  :  Beeswax,  button-hooks,  burnish  ink,  blackings, 
fasteners,  boot-web,  bound  cork  soles,  calf-patches,  crimping  tacks,  cut  soles, 
emery  paper,  eyelets  and  hooks,  hotel  brushes,  heel-ball  and  staves,  heel  plates, 
stiffeuers  and  protectors,  kit-lamps,  lamb's-wool  soles,  lap  irons,  machine  silk, 
measure    straps,   peg-cutters  and   awls,   rubber   soling,   patching  and   cement  ; 


Russia  bristles,  russet  linings,  standards  and  lasts,  goriugs,  steel  nippers, 
pinchers,  sand  paper,  shoe  brushes,  knives,  dressings,  daubers,  buttons,  pegs, 
hammers,  lifts,  buffers,  laces,  tacks,  nails,  shank-irons,  strip  awls,  sandstones, 
stitch  wheels,  toe  stretchers,  top-pieces,  welt  knives  and  trimmers,  Yankee  key 
wheels,  French  calf,  oak  calf  and  kip,  French  chalk,  German  rasps,  shoe  thread 
and  steel  nails.  It  can  thus  be  seen  that  every  article  and  material  needed  by 
manufacturers  or  dealers  in  this  line  can  be  procured  at  this  store,  and  its 
reputation  for  fair  and  liberal  dealings  is  a  guarantee  of  the  very  best  modern 
service  at  all  times.  Mr.  J.  D.  Fiske,  the  sole  proprietor  of  this  establishment, 
is  a  native  of  the  "Green  Mountain  State."  His  grandfather,  Judge  Jonathan 
Fiske,  was  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  Town  Clerk  in  Williamstown,  Vt. ,  also 
Judge  of  Probate  in  his  district  for  over  forty  years,,  also  represented  the  town 
in  the  State  Legislature  for  thirty  years  in  succession,  and  afterwards  at  various 
times.  Mr.  Fiske  spent  his  early  years  of  business  life  iu  Maloue,  N.  Y.,  as 
telegraph  operator,  clerk  and  proprietor  of  a  country  store  ;  was  also  Town  Clerk 
for  ten  years.  In  1859  he  went  to  New  York  City  and  for  nine  years  was  a 
salesman,  and  for  a  further  span  of  eleven  years  was  a  partner  in  the  well- 
known  wholesale  boot  aud  shoe  house  of  Nathaniel  Fisher  &  Co.  While  living 
in  New  York  City  he  was  an  active  member  of  "The  American  Institute,"  and 
is  now  an  honorary  member  of  the  same.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Trade  and  Merchants'  Exchange,  aud  is  a  Mason. 


SCHROEDER'S  Ice-Cream  and  Candy  Manufactory,  No.  373 

Main  Street. — In  this  age  of  adulteration  it  is  difficult  to  tell  from  appearances 
whether  confectionery  is  absolutely  pure  or  has  been  subjected  to  some  of  the 
many  methods  of  sophistication  in  the  process  of  manufacture.  However,  it  is 
unnecessary  for  buyers  of  confectionery  iu  Hartford  to  trouble  themselves  on 
this  point  if  they  confine  their  patronage  to  such  reputable  manufacturers  as 
Mr.  F.  Schroeder.  His  motto  is  not  "How  cheap!"  but  "  How  good!"  and  with 
this  always  prominently  in  view  he  uses  none  but  the  purest  sugars,  flavoring 
extracts,  vegetable  colors  or  other  ingredients  in  the  composition  of  his  delicious 
aud  wholesome  candies,  while  the  processes  employed  are  of  the  most  advanced 
aud  scientific  sort.  His  reputation  as  a  manufacturer  of  ice  cream  is  second  to 
none,  and  his  product  has  a  larger  sale  than  that  of  any  other  maker  in  the  city. 
Mr.  Schroeder  began  business  here  in  1873,  aud  in  the  intervening  twenty-one 
years  has  built  up  a  large  and  flourishing  trade  in  his  dainty  specialties  aud  gen- 
eral products.  His  store  at  No.  373  Main  Street  is  one  of  the  most  popular  in  the 
city.  Two  floors,  each  25  x6o  feet  in  extent,  are  needed  for  the  accommodation 
of  his  large  retail  candy  and  ice-cream  trade,  a  part  of  this  space  being  utilized 
for  the  ice-cream  mauufacturiug  department.  The  caudy  manufactory  is  at  No. 
14  Morgan  Street,  and  occupies  two  floors  23x40  feet  in  dimensions,  and  about 
800  square  feet  of  storage  room.  Mr.  Schroeder  has  an  extensive  wholesale  as 
well  as  retail  trade,  supplying  many  of  the  other  stores  in  the  city  with  confec- 
tionery and  ice  cream.  He  employs  ten  hands  and  keeps  two  delivery  teams  in 
constant  service. 


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THE  LEAGUE  CYCLE  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  the 
"League  Wheel"  (Chaiuless),  No.  30  Union  Place. — Scientific  terms  are  now 
being  used  for  old  proverbs,  especially  in  business  matters.  We  used  to  say : 
"Practice  makes  perfect."  Now,  it  is  "natural  selection  "  and  the  "evolution 
of  higher  types."  However  phrased,  it  is  undeniably  the  fact  that  the 
"League  Wheel"  made  by  The  League  Cycle  Co.  of  Hartford  represents  the 
highest  and  best  development  yet  attained  in  this  very  popular  aud  influential 
field.  The  company  was  incorporated  in  1S92  for  the  purpose  of  manufactur- 
ing this  special  wheel,  and  the  wide  success  with  which  it  has  met  fully  justi- 
fied the  foresight  of  the  prominent  business  and  professional  men  who  united 
to  add  another  great  triumph  to  Hartford's  commercial  history.  The  great  and 
salient  feature  of  the  "League  Wheel"  is  the  added  simplicity,  lightness  and 
ease  of  operation  afforded  by  its  being  free  from  the  cumbersome  chain  attach- 
ment. It  was  for  some  years  supposed  that  the  chain  was  essential  to  the 
Safety  Wheel  and  ensured  the  best  multiplication  of  force.  This  company  has 
solved  the  problem  of  a  simple  mechanical  arrangement,  affording  even  better 
speed  to  the  wheel,  which  is,  of  course,  the  supreme  factor,  and  at  the  same 
time  doing  away  with  several  pounds  of  weight.  They  control  the  patent  on 
chaiuless  cycles,  and  their  superior  machines  are  steadily  driving  the  older 
forms  out  of  the  market.  The  manufacturing  plant  occupied  at  No.  30  Union 
Place  has  been  equipped  in  the  most  modern  and  thorough  manner.  It  com- 
prises an  entire  building  of  four  stories,  100  x  35  feet  in  dimensions.  The  corps 
of  trained  workmen  employed  averages  one  hundred  aud  twenty.  Every  detail 
of  the  machine  receives  most  expert  and  careful  attention,  the  steel  frames  aud 
bars,  saddle,  handles,  pneumatic  tires,  etc.,  being  each  of  the  finest  material 
and  workmanship,  aud  in  their  proportional  arrangement  they  afford  a  perfec- 
tion of  rapid  and  steady  service  which  places  the  "League  Wheel"  at  the  very 
head  of  the  procession.  The  ideas  of  some  of  the  most  famous  riders  of  the 
c   untry  are  embodied  both  iu  its  detail  and  general  form.     For  racing  or  riding 


of  every  kind  it  cannot  be  matched,  and  none  of  those  who  have  tried  it  would 
exchange  for  any  older  style.  The  officers  of  The  League  Cycle  Co.  are  :  Hon. 
Henry  C.  Dwight  (Ex-Mayor  of  Hartford),  President;  Arthur  H.  Parker,  Vice- 
President  and  Manager;  Andrew  F.  Gates,  Treasurer;  Samuel  G.  Mowry, 
Secretary.  Each  improvement  in  the  cycle  has  resulted  in  a  very  large  ex- 
tension of  its  use,  and  we  have  no  doubt  that  the  general  introduction  of  the 
"chaiuless  wheels"  will  show  the  same  result. 


KENEY,  ROBERTS  &  CO.,  Mill  Agents;  Wholesale 
Grocers  and  Flour  Merchants;  No.  700  Main  Street.— In  the  last  resort,  the 
standing  and  civilization  of  every  country  fall  back  upon  its  food  supply. 
The  unprecedented  progress  of  the  past  thirty  years  of  national  history  can  be 
largely  traced  to  this  source.  An  establishment,  therefore,  which  stands  as  an 
important  factor  in  our  civilization,  as  well  as  an  unquestioned  leader  in  its 
department  of  trade,  is  that  of  Messrs.  Keney,  Roberts  &  Co.  at  No.  700  Main 
Street.  The  business  was  established  in  1S30  by  the  firm  of  H.  W. 
Keney  &  Co.,  which  continued  without  change  until  1S55.  In  that  year 
the  new  partnership  of  Keney,  Roberts  &  Goodwin  was  formed,  which 
on  the  death  of  Mr.  Goodwin  became  Keney  &  Roberts.  The  only  change 
since  was  the  admission  in  1S89  of  Messrs.  Wm.  Tucker  and  H.  H.  Goodwin  as 
members  of  the  firm.  The  senior  partner,  Mr.  Henry  Keney,  now  eighty-eight 
years  of  age,  has  been  at  the  head  of  the  firm  from  the  first  day  to  the  present. 
As  one  of  the  oldest  active  merchants  in  the  State,  he  has  witnessed  the  large 
and  far-reaching  changes  of  more  than  sixty  years  of  commercial  progress. 
Mr.  Ebenezer  Roberts  has  been  a  partner  for  nearly  forty  years,  and  the 
younger  members  of  the  firm  have  also  been  associated  with  it  for  nearly 
twenty  years.  In  all  that  is  implied  by  long  experience  and  trained  service 
this  house  is  entitled  to  a  prominent  place  among  those  which  have  made  New 
England  a  great  centre  of  the  world's  trade.  The  firm  still  occupy  the  original 
store  building  at  No.  700  Main  Street,  and  in  addition  a  large  modern  ware- 
house at  No.  116  Commerce  Street,  comprising  four  floors,  50  x  100  feet  in 
dimensions.  They  carry  a  very  extensive  and  reliable  stock,  including  the 
finest  grades  of  Western  flour  and  general  wholesale  grocers'  supplies.     The 

character  of  their  stock  and  trade  is 
sufficiently  indicated  by  the  fact  that 
they  are  the  special  mill  agents  for 
this  section  of  the  Washburn-Crosby 
Co.'s  Superlative  Flour,  of  Minneap- 
olis. Their  jobbing  trade  extends 
throughout  Connecticut  aud  Western 
Massachusetts,  relations  having  been 
maintained  for  many  years  with  the 
largest  and  best  stores  iu  this  part  of 
New  England.  The  house  is  thor- 
oughly representative  of  the  best 
standards  and  most  liberal  dealings 
of  the  city  and  State  trade. 


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AMERICAN  HOUSE  (W.  H.  Miner,  Proprietor;  Formerly 
of  Miner's  Restaurant),  Corner  American  Row  and  State  Street;  Special  Rates 
to  Theatrical  and  Commercial  People. — Hotels,  like  individuals,  soon  establish 
a  character  of  their  own  in  a  community,  and  as  the  American  House  has  been 
in  operation  many  years  its  reputation  has  long  since  been  definitely  fixed. 
Mr.  W.  H.  Miner,  the  present  proprietor,  has  been  connected  with  the  American 
House  for  the  past  seven  years.  He  formerly  conducted  Miner's  Restaurant  and 
is  popularly  known  here.  In  fact,  he  ranks  with  the  best-known  hotel  pro- 
prietors iu  this  vicinity;  and,  as  "practice  makes  perfect,"  it  may  safely  be 
assumed  that  he  has  little  to  learn  in  connection  with  the  business.  Indeed, 
the  American  House  is  now  considered  by  experienced  travelers,  especially 
theatrical  people,  as  one  of  the  best-managed  hotels  iu  this  section  of  the  State, 
and  it  is  often  remarked  that  its  proprietor  has  successfully  solved  the  difficult 
problem  of  making  guests  feel  perfectly  at  home  without  sacrificing  dignity  or 
propriety  in  the  slighest  degree.  The  house  contains  sixty  large  and  pleasant 
rooms,  well  furnished,  while  the  terms  are  reasonable.  The  cuisine  is  excellent 
and  the  service  all  that  can  be  desired;  in  fact,  everything  possible  is  done  for 
the  comfort  of  the  guests.  The  American  House  is  located  at  the  corner  of 
American  Row  and  State  Street.  Special  rates  are  made  to  theatrical  and 
commercial  people. 


GEO.  P.  BISSEJvI/  &  CO.,  Bankers,  No.  307  Main  Street. 
— No  city  of  its  size  in  the  United  States  is  provided  with  better  banking 
facilities  than  Hartford  has  had  almost  from  the  beginning  of  its  advance  to  a 
position  of  an  important  commercial  and  industrial  centre.  The  exigencies  of 
its  vast  business  interests  demand  the  possession  of  facilities  of  the  largest  and 
most  complete  description,  and,  as  has  been  said,  these  have  been  amply  provided, 
and  they  are  controlled  by  men  of  the  widest  experience  and  most  advanced 
ideas.  Among  the  oldest  banking  houses  in  Hartford,  or  even  iu  New  England, 
is  that  of  Messrs.  Geo.  P.  Bissell  &  Co.  The  founder,  and  for  many  years  the 
active  head  of  the  business,  Mr.  Geo.  P.  Bissell,  died  three  years  ago,  and  since 
that  time  the  house  has  been  carried  on  by  Mr.  Albert  H.  Olmsted,  who  was 
associated  with  him  for  a  number  of  years  as  partner  in  the  business,  and  Mr. 
Chas.  H.  Coit,  who  had  some  fifteen  years'  experience  in  banking  in  Litchfield, 
Conn.  They  hold  a  leading  position  among  the  progressive  bankers  of  the 
country,  and  do  a  large  business,  making  special  features  of  local  stocks  and 
bonds,  and  are  extensive  dealers  in  all  securities  dealt  in  on  the  New  York,  Boston 
and  Philadelphia  Exchanges,  doing  both  a  commission  and  cash  sale  business. 
They  do  not  however  deal  iu  margins,  confining  their  attention  strictly  to  the 
regular  departments  of  business  in  which  a  high-toned  banking  house  may 
engage.  Interest  is  allowed  on  deposit,  subject  to  check,  and  letters  of  credit 
furnished  to  travelers  in  foreign  parts,  through  Messrs.  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co., 
or  Messrs.  Brown  Bros,  of  New  York.  They  also  buy  and  sell  sterling  exchange. 
Safe-deposit  boxes  for  the  storage  of  valuable  papers,  plate,  jewelry  and  other 
personal  property  are  provided  at  moderate  rentals,  and  every  facility  for 
privacy  is  offered  to  those  who  wish  to  avail  themselves  of  them. 


I/.  D.  PIERCE,  Electro-Plater,  Grinding,  Polishing  and 
Finishing  of  Metals,  Colt's  Armory  Building,  Third  Floor;  Residence,  No.  126 
Huntington  Street. — One  of  the  greatest  applications  of  chemistry  to  the 
mechanical  arts  made  during  the  present  century  is  that  of  electro-plating.  It 
secures  results  of  the  most  durable  and  artistic  character  at  an  expense  formerly 
unthought  of.  A  successful  and  well-known  business  in  this  department  has 
been  conducted  in  Hartford  for  the  past  nine  years  by  Mr.  L.  D.  Pierce.  His 
workshop  is  situated  on  the  third  floor  in  the  Colt  Armory  Building,  and  for 
that  celebrated  arms  company  he  does  a  very  large  amount  of  work,  which  is 
the  highest  possible  testimony  to  its  thoroughness  and  value.  He  employs 
seven  regular  assistants,  all  experienced  and  first-class  workmen.  His  facilities 
for  all  kinds  of  electro-plating,  grinding,  polishing  and  finishing  of  metals  are 
unsurpassed.  He  can  handle  large  contracts  with  dispatch  and  thorough  suc- 
cess, his  prices  being  equal  to  the  best  that  can  be  obtained  anywhere.  A  special 
feature  is  made  of  burnishing  and  polishing  old  materials,  making  them  in 
every  respect  equal  to  new.  Mr.  Pierce  employs  only  the  best  material,  and 
guarantees  uniform  first-class  work.  His  trade  iu  the  city  and  surrounding 
section  has  been  steadily  increasing,  and  is  now  unexcelled  by  an}'  other  either 
in  extent  or  value.  Our  readers  can  rely  upon  the  most  complete  satisfaction 
in  entrusting  work  to  his  experienced  care. 


STODDARD  &  CORKINS,  No.  283  Sheldon  Street,  Cor- 
ner  Union. — The  subject  of  building  a  house  which  will  meet  all  modern  re- 
quirements has  become  in  recent  years  a  much  more  complex  and  extensive  a 
problem  than  was  the  case  even  ten  years  ago.  It  must  not  only  have  good 
architectural  form  as  regards  external  design  and  interior  finish,  but  even  more 
important,  if  possible,  are  those  multiform  arrangements  for  sanitation,  com- 
fort and  elegance  which  only  the  experienced  hand  can  add.  The  well-known 
firm  of  Stoddard  &  Corkins  has  for  over  fifteen  years  taken  a  leading  part  in 
the  advance  of  local  ideas  and  interests  in  this  department.  Their  workshops 
and  office  at  No.  283  Sheldon  Street,  corner  of  Union,  are  very  thoroughly 
equipped  and  provided  with  every  convenience  for  prompt  and  careful  execu- 
tion of  building  and  carpentering  work.  Their  large  business  requires  the  con- 
stant employment  of  thirty  experienced  workmen.  Their  facilities  also  for 
architectural  work,  furnishing  plans  complete  in  ever}"  modern  feature,  are  of 
the  very  best  type.  Many  of  the  largest  and  most  beautiful  edifices  in  the  city 
and  section  have  been  erected  by  this  progressive  firm.  They  handle  both  large 
and  small  contracts  with  equal  thoroughness,  guaranteeing  in  all  cases  the  most 
complete  satisfaction.  The  best  of  attentiou  afforded  to  repairs  and  special 
jobbing  work  of  every  sort.  The  prices  and  terms  of  this  firm  are  unexcelled 
in  fairness  and  liberality.  Our  readers  can  be  certain  of  obtaining  the  best 
results  in  dealing  with  them,  and  their  success  is  thoroughly  in  accord  with 
that  high  degree  of  excellence  which  has  made  Hartford  one  of  the  most  beauti- 
ful cities  in  the  country,  both  as  regards  its  public  aud  private  residences. 
Some  of  the  beautiful  buildings  they  have  recently  built  are  the  library  at  the 
Theological  Seminary  aud  Mr.  P.  Garvin's  new  house,  and  several  others. 


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ASSEMBLY    HALL,    CAPITOL. 


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WM.  G.  BAXTER,  Wall  Papers,  Decorations,  Room 
Mouldings,  Metal  Ceilings,  No.  231  Asylum  Street. — It  is  an  undoubted  fact 
that  such  an  important  trade  centre  in  this  part  of  the  country  as  Hartford 
should  be  supplied  with  houses  engaged  in  all  the  prominent  branches  of  busi- 
ness. Perhaps  few  cities  of  its  size  are  as  well  off  in  this  particular  as  Hartford, 
not  only  on  account  of  the  number  of  business  enterprises  successfully  carried 
on  in  her  midst,  but  for  the  superior  excellence  which  is  manifest  in  a  great 
many  of  them.  Forming  one  of  this  class  of  houses,  and  maintaining  a  prom- 
inent position  among  the  business  interests  of  this  city,  is  the  establishment 
conducted  by  Mr.  Win.  G.  Baxter,  the  decorator  and  dealer  in  wall  papers, 
decorations,  room  mouldings,  fresco  and  metal  ceilings.  There  is  fashion  in 
home-beautifying  as  in  most  other  things,  but  the  dictates  of  fashion  are  not 
always  in  the  best  taste  and  they  soon  change.  Therefore,  in  decorating  with 
an  important  article  like  wall  paper  it  is  well  to  apply  to  persons  who  are  thor- 
oughly experienced  in  handling  it,  and  we  take  pleasure  in  recommending  as 
such  Mr.  Baxter,  who  has  had  an  experience  of  fifteen  years  in  fine  goods  and 
decorations.  His  office  and  store,  located  at  No.  231  Asylum  Street,  occupies 
two  floors  30x50  feet  in  size,  where  everything  pertaining  to  interior  decora- 
tion may  be  found,  not  the  least  being  artistic  wall  paper,  the  patterns  and  color- 
ing of  which  will  be  found  exceedingly  beautiful,  and  the  prices  reasonable. 

"His  work  in  interior  decoration  has  placed  him  as  the  leader  in  fine 
work.     His  work  speaks  for  itself." — Hartford  Evening  Times. 


ARTISTIC  DESIGNING. 
EMBOSSING  PLATES. 


THE    HARTFORD    ENGRAVING    CO., 

No.  66   State   Street, 

i  COURANT     BriLDIXG. 


Ske  Front  Cover  oh  this  Book. 


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D.  A.  CI/ARK,  Groceries,  Meats  and  Fish,  No.  525  Main 
Street. — One's  first  impression  on  examining  the  stock  carried  by  Mr.  D.  A. 
Clark  is  that  it  is  decidedly  superior  to  the  average  in  quality  and  will  compare 
favorably  in  point  of  size,  and  this  impression  will  be  confirmed  by  a  more 
extended  investigation,  for  this  firm  takes  pains  to  handle  goods  that  will  suit 
the  most  fastidious,  and  to  offer  a  sufficient  variety  to  enable  all  tastes  to  be 
suited  and  all  orders  to  be  filled  without  delay.  This  establishment  was  founded 
in  January,  1S94,  by  the  present  proprietor,  who  is  a  native  of  Broad  Brook,  Conn. 
The  premises  utilized  are  located  at  No.  525  Main  Street  and  measure  25x50 
feet  in  dimensions,  affording  excellent  opportunity  for  the  accommodation  of  a 
complete  assortment  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  meats,  fish,  etc.,  the  stock 
being  so  arranged  as  to  aid  materially  in  the  prompt  and  accurate  filling  of 
orders.  Mr.  Clark  gives  close  personal  attention  to  his  business  and  employs 
four  competent  assistants,  neglecting  no  means  to  full}'  deserve  the  exceptional 
popularity  his  establishment  has  now.  This  popularity  is  of  course  due  to  the 
promptness  and  courtesy  of  the  service  to  a  great  extent,  but  even  more  to  the 
fact  that  every  article  will  prove  precisely  as  represented. 


EDWARD  SHEI/TON,  Hartford  Real  Estate  Exchange ; 
Real  Estate,  Loans,  Insurance  and  Investment  Broker;  Manager  of  Estates; 
Conveyancer  and  Notary  ;    Negotiate  Eastern  aud  Western  Mortgages  ;    Sell  or 

Exchange  Properties;  Examine  Titles; 
Make  Appraisals :  Let  Properties,  and 
Attend  to  the  Collection  of  Rents ; 
Personal  Property,  Western  Lands, 
and  Patents  a  Specialty ;  Correspond- 
ence Solicited ;  Courant  Building, 
Room  6. — Few,  if  any,  of  those  en- 
gaged in  semi-professional  vocations 
in  Hartford  are  better  known  or  stand 
higher  in  public  esteem  than  Mr.  Ed- 
ward Shelton,  whose  office  is  in  the 
Courant  Building,  Room  6.  As  a  real 
estate  and  insurance  broker  he  has  had 
a  longer  experience,  probably,  than 
any  other  man  in  the  same  line  of 
business  located  here.  The  inception 
of  the  fine  business  he  now  controls 
dates  from  187 1,  in  which  year  the 
firm  of  Messrs.  Day,  Goddard  &  Co., 
of  which  he  was  an  active  member, 
was  organized.  This  firm  continued 
until  1877,  when  its  interests  passed  exclusively  into  the  hands  of  Mr.  Shelton. 
No  man  has  a  wider  or  more  accurate  knowledge  of  real-estate  values  in  Hart- 
ford and  its  vicinity  than  he,  and  his  services  to  both  buyers  and  sellers  have 


been  of  the  most  valuable  character.  In  insurance  matters  he  is  equally  an 
authority,  and  as  an  investment  broker  and  manager  of  estates  his  services  and 
experience  are  in  large  requisition.  He  has  on  his  books  some  of  the  most 
desirable  residential  and  business  properties.  In  the  negotiation  of  Eastern 
and  Western  mortgages  he  possesses  exceptional  facilities,  which  are  invaluable 
to  investors  and  those  desiring  to  secure  loans  on  valuable  properties.  Mr. 
Shelton  examines  titles,  makes  appraisals,  lets  properties  aud  attends  to  the 
collection  of  rents,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  transactions  in  personal  property. 
Western  lands  and  patents.  He  is  a  conveyancer  and  notary.  The  Hartford 
Real  Estate  Exchange,  which  name  has  been  chosen  to  distinguish  his  business, 
is  known  far  and  near. 


H.  S.  HOUSE  &  CO.,  Manufacturer  of  Mouldings,  Inside 
Finish,  Window  Frames  ;  Saw  and  Planing  Mill ;  Cabinet  Work,  Store  Fixtures, 
Turning,  Band  Sawing;  also  Fine  Piano  Cases  and  Cabinet  Work;  No.  21 
Union  Street,  between  Sheldon  Street  and  Charter  Oak  Avenue.— In  the  details 
of  house-building  the  greatest  importance  attaches  to  the  various  parts  of  the 
framework,  for  upon  these  the  durability  and  substantial  character  of  the 
building  largely  depend.  Next,  and  probably  of  as  great  importance  in 
another  direction,  are  the  interior  woodwork  and  finish,  including  trim,  etc.  It 
is  highly  important,  therefore,  that  these  materials  should  be  obtained  from  the 
most  reliable  source.  It  is  well  known  to  the  builder  that  no  man  in  the  trade 
holds  a  higher  reputation  in  this  respect  than  Mr.  H.  S.  House,  of  this  city. 
Four  years  ago  the  foundations  of  the  fine  business  now  conducted  by  H.  S. 
House  &  Co.  were  laid  in  this  city.  Mr.  House  learned  his  trade  in  this  city; 
and,  having  acquired  an  intimate  knowledge  of  the  requirements  of  builders 
and  others  making  use  of  the  material  produced  in  that  department,  he  has 
taken  particular  pains  to  meet  them  in  the  most  acceptable  mauuer,  with  the 
result  that,  although  a  young  man,  he  is  at  the  head  of  a  good-sized  plant. 
The  space  occupied  at  No.  21  Union  Street,  between  Sheldon  Street  aud  Charter 
Oak  Avenue,  contains  about  15,000  square  feet,  upon  which  they  have  erected 
a  large  saw  and  planing  mill,  two  stories  high  and  60  x  45  feet  ground  measure- 
ment, a  fine  kiln-drying  house,  lumber  sheds  and  other  buildings  required  by 
their  business.  Power  is  supplied  by  a  twenty-five  horse-power  engine,  and  the 
machinery  and  other  equipments  are  of  the  latest  and  most  approved  kind. 
H.  S.  House  &  Co.  are  extensive  manufacturers  of  mouldings,  inside  finish, 
window  frames,  and  all  the  products  of  a  saw  and  planing  mill,  including 
cabinet  work,  store  fixtures,  turning,  band-sawing,  etc.  Their  prices  are  bot- 
tom rates,  while  the  work  is  invariably  of  the  best  description.  The  magnifi- 
cent Ballerstein  Building,  ou  Main  Street,  was  finished  by  them,  and  other  fine 
work  of  the  same  description  may  be  seen  in  the  city.  In  connection  with 
their  other  lines  they  make  a  specialty  of  fine,  highly -polished  rosewood, 
walnut  or  mahogany  piano  cases  and  cabinet  work.  Particular  attention  is 
given  to  the  securing  of  the  highest  surface  finish  and  delicate  work,  their 
orders  coming  from  the  leading  piano  makers  of  the  country. 


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PITKIN  BROS.  &  CO.,  Steam  Engineers  and  Contractors, 
No.  152  State  Street. — The  immense  manufacturing  interests  centered  in  the 
Connecticut  Valley,  and  particularly  in  Hartford,  naturally  attract  to  this  city 
the  enterprises  producing  and  dealing  in  machinery,  of  which,  as  the  founda- 
tion of  all  modern  mechanical  processes,  the  steam  engine  and  its  inseparable 
companion,  the  steam  boiler,  figure  most  prominently.  Among  the  leading 
firms  of  steam  engineers  and  contractors  which  make  this  city  their  headquarters 
are  the  Messrs.  Pitkin  Bros.  &  Co.  It  is  a  very  old-established  business  that 
they  coutrol,  its  foundations  being  laid  in  1849  hy  the  Pitkin  Brothers.  The 
surviving  partner,  Mr.  Norman  T.  Pitkin,  now  conducts  the  business,  retaining, 
however,  the  old  firm  name.  The  factory  occupied  is  situated  at  No.  152  State 
Street,  and  consists  of  a  large  store,  machine  shop,  pattern  shop,  boiler  shop, 
blacksmith  shop — over  7,000  square  feet  of  floor  surface  being  utilized — all  fitted 
with  the  most  approved  appliances  for  carrying  on  the  business  of  manu- 
facturing steam  engines,  boilers  and  all  descriptions  of  plate  work,  steam,  water 
and  gas  pipe  and  fittings.  A  large  force  of  experienced  mechanics  is  employed 
in  the  shops,  and  a  complete  stock  is  carried  at  all  times.  Mr.  Pitkin  is  the 
inventor  of  the  "Pitkin  Vertical  Domed-Head  Steam  Boiler,"  which  is  one  of 
the  greatest  improvements  in  steam  boilers  at  the  present  time,  being  con- 
structed in  sizes  from  two  to  five  hundred  horse-power. 


JOSEPH  STREET  &  SON,  Stair  Builders,  No.  24  Potter 

Street. — One  of  the  most  important  features  of  every  house  is  its  stairs,  for  if 
these  be  poorly  constructed  the  integrity  of  the  whole  building  is  affected,  and, 
at  the  same  time,  there  is  no  part  of  the  house  which  is  put  to  more  constant 
and  hard  use.  Sensible  householders  and  builders  alike  will  therefore  be  very 
careful  in  the  selection  of  this  line  of  building-work.  One  of  the  oldest  and 
best-known  establishments  of  Hartford  in  this  department  is  that  conducted  by 
Mr.  Joseph  Street  at  No.  24  Potter  Street  this  city.  It  has  now  been  in  successful 
operation  here  for  years,  and  under  Mr.  Street's  thorough  and  careful  manage- 
ment has  built  up  a  very  good  business.  He  is  an  experienced  master-builder, 
who  has  long  devoted  special  attention  to  this  line,  and  the  result  is  seen  in  a 
high-standard,  uniform  grade  of  work  which  cannot  be  surpassed  in  this  or  any 
other  section.  He  occupies  a  thoroughly-equipped  shop  at  above  address  with 
2,500  square  feet  of  working  and  storage  space.  An  average  of  eight  skilled 
workmen  are  employed.  Every  kind  of  special  stair-work  is  executed  to  order 
with  despatch  and  at  lowest  current  prices.  He  also  carries  a  large  general 
stock,  and  can  fill  extensive  contracts  at  short  notice.  Repairing  and  jobbing 
'work  a  specialty.  To  secure  the  very  best  service  and  prices  in  this  line  our 
readers  will  do  well  to  use  the  facilities  afforded  by  Messrs.  Street  &  Son's 
reliable  establishment. 


JOHN  C.  McMANUS,  Stoves  and  Furnaces,  No.  102  Main 
Street ;  Established  1S69. — When  a  man  makes  a  specialty  of  a  certain  line  of 
business,  devoting  his  whole  time  and  all  of  his  talents  to  its  development,  it 
may  be  taken  for  granted  that  those  who  require  such  services  as  he  performs 
will  be  well  served  if  they  call  upon  him.  Mr.  John  C.  McManus  is  such  a 
man,  and  in  his  department  of  business  he  is  without  a  superior.  In  enumer- 
ating the  leading  industries  of  Hartford,  a  conspicuous  place  must  be  given  to 
his  enterprise,  which,  since  its  establishment  in  1869,  has  experienced  steady 
growth  under  the  ability  which  has  characterized  its  management.  Mr.  McManus 
was  born  in  Hartford.  Here  he  entered  into  business  as  a  dealer  in  stoves, 
ranges  and  furnaces,  and  a  tin,  copper  and  sheet-iron  worker.  By  industry  and 
ability  he  soon  worked  his  way  to  the  front,  and  is  now  one  of  the  principal 
men  in  his  line  in  the  city.  He  has  a  fine  store  at  No.  102  Main  Street,  where 
he  carries  a  large  and  well-selected  stock  of  stoves,  ranges  and  furnaces.  His 
specialties  are  the  Fuller,  Warren  &  Co. 's  celebrated  hot-air  furuaces  and  the 
equally  popular  Kernan  furnaces.  Mr.  McManus  is  a  hot-air  expert,  and  has 
done  some  of  the  largest  and  best  jobs  in  the  city  in  this  line.  In  stoves  he 
makes  a  leading  specialty  of  the  "Model,"  which,  as  its  name  implies,  is  one 
of  the  best  in  the  market.  A  large  line  of  gas  and  oil  stoves  is  also  in  stock. 
Mr.  McManus  has  also  a  large  business  in  copper,  tin  and  iron  work,  employing 
an  average  of  thirteen  men  in  this  department.  Mr.  McManus  takes  a  live 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  city,  and  the  esteem  in  which  he  is  held  is  shown 
by  the  fact  that  he  has  been  elected  to  important  public  positions,  including 
the  offices  of  Fire  Commissioner  and  Citv  Couucilman. 


N.    E.    TYPEWRITER    EXCHANGE    (E.    C.    Down, 

Manager),  No.  333  Main  Street. — Fifteen  years  ago  stenography  was  a  pro- 
fession whose  field  was  limited  chiefly  to  the  newspaper  offices  and  the  court 
room.  Typewriting  machines  were  little  known,  and  their  use  was  largely  of 
an  experimental  character.  Now,  no  business  office  finds  it  possible  to  dis- 
pense with  the  services  of  the  shorthand  amanuensis,  and  the  typewriter  is  as 
necessary  an  adjunct  of  the  place  as  the  cashier's  desk,  or  any  other  indispens- 
able fixture.  It  may  not  be  that  the  typewriting  machine  will  ever  entirely 
supersede  the  pen,  but  that  its  use  is  extending  more  and  more  there  is  no 
denyiug.  The  large  and  constantly  increasing  use  of  this  most  valuable  piece 
of  mechanism  in  Hartford  may  he  largely  attributed  to  the  efforts  of  the  New 
England  Typewriter  Exchange,  which  has  acquired  prominence  in  recent  years 
through  the  able  and  efficient  management  of  Mr.  E.  C.  Down.  He  is  himself 
a  finished  stenographer  and  typewriter  of  high  standing,  serving  in  thatcapacitv 
the  Travelers'  Insurance  Company  of  this  city,  in  addition  to  his  other  duties, 
and  for  six  years  has  been  identified  with  the  business  of  handling  typewriter 
supplies.  Mr.  Down  is  a  native  of  New  York,  but  has  long  been  a  resident  of 
Hartford,  and  is  most  widely  known  and  highly  esteemed  here  as  a  business 
and  professional  man.  At  the  New  England  Typewriter  Exchange,  No.  333 
Main  Street,  he  carries  a  large  stock  of  supplies,  including  the  latest  improved 
typewriting  machines — such  as  the  celebrated  Remington,  the  Yost,  the  Dens- 
more,  the  Smith  Premier,  and  the  Hammond.  He  also  acts  as  agent  for  the 
sale  of  the  Conde  Typewriter  and  Desk,  and  the  Edison  Mimeograph. 


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"ARMSMEAR."      RESIDENCE    OF    MRS.    COLT. 


TRACY  &  ROBINSON, 


WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 
DEALERS  IN 


Wooden  Ware  and 
Builders'  and  Manufacturers'  Supplies, 


...Hardware, 


Nos.  78  and  80  Asylum  Street. 


The  hardware  trade  is  one  very  vitally  connected  with  the  best 
interests  of  the  State  and  country.  A  leading  aud  successful  house  of 
Hartford  in  this  line  is  that  of  Messrs.  Tracy  &  Robinson,  Nos.  7S  and  80 
Asylum  Street.  Their  business  was  established  in  1S35  by  Mr.  H.  C.  Porter, 
and  has  always  maintained  a  leading  position.  The  present  firm  was  organized 
in  1892,  and  have  thoroughly  sustained  the  reputation  of  the  house.  They 
occupy  a  large  aud  handsome  store  at  above  address,  comprising  five  floors, 
25  x  100  feet  in  dimensions.  Their  trade,  both  wholesale  and  retail,  extends 
throughout  the  State  and  to  different  parts  of  New  England,  requiring  a  large 
force  of  employees  regularly  to  handle  it.  Iu  addition  to  their  store  they  also 
use  a  large  warehouse — 40  x  60  feet,  three  floors — for  the  storage  of  their  stock. 
This  includes  every  kind  of  builders'  and  manufacturers'  hardware;  also  tin  and 
wooden  ware  and  special  household  utensils.  They  carry  the  most  complete 
line  of  builders'  supplies,  mechanics'  tools  and  manufacturers'  supplies  of  any 
house  in  the  city.  Their  prices  are  uniformly  on  the  lowest  market  basis,  and 
the  name  of  the  firm  is  equivalent  to  standard  Ai  quality.  They  represent 
well-known  manufacturers  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  Among  their  reg- 
ular patrons  are  some  of  the  largest  mills  in  New  England,  aud  they  have 
special  facilities  for  the  handling  of  large  contracts.  Builders  throughout  the 
county  make  this  store  the  leading  headquarters  iu  their  line  of  supplies. 


WM.  WANDER  &  SONS,  Dealers  in  First-Class  Pianos, 
Organs  and  Musical  Merchandise;  Sole  Agents  for  Steinway  Pianos,  J.  &  C. 
Fischer  Pianos  aud  Steading  Pianos;  Warerooms,  Nos.  239,  241  and  243  Asylum 
Street. — An  establishment  which  is  familiar  to  the  music-lovers  of  Hartford 
and  vicinity  is  the  one  so  successfully  conducted  by  Messrs.  Wm.  Wander  & 
Sons  at  Nos.  239,  241  and  243  Asylum  Street.  This  busiuess  was  established  in 
1850,  aud  has  increased  to  a  trade  of  imposing  proportions.  They  carry  what 
is  probably  the  largest  and  most  complete  stock  of  pianos  aud  organs  in  the 
State.  The  premises  occupied  consist  of  a  block  (which  they  own),  five  stories 
in  height  aud  40  x  90  feet  in  dimensious.  Their  show-rooms  are  very  beauti- 
fully fitted  up,  and  the  building  contains  an  elevator  running  to  the  top  floor. 
Employment  is  given  to  twelve  experienced  assistants,  aud  customers  receive 
the  greatest  attention.  Messrs.  Wander  &  Sons  deal  iu  the  productions  of  the 
most  successful  and  reliable  manufacturers,  and  an  instrument  warranted  by 
them  may  be  purchased  in  the  full  assurance  that  it  will  prove  to  be  precisely 
as  represented.  They  are  sole  agents  for  the  celebrated  Steinway  pianos, 
J.  &  C.  Fischer  pianos,  and  the  Stearling  pianos.  They  also  carry  a  carefulh- 
selected  assortment  of  musical  merchandise,  which  they  sell  at  reasonable 
prices.  All  in  search  of  a  first-class  musical  instrument  should  certainly  visit 
this  old  and  reliable  establishment  before  purchasing  elsewhere. 


WM.    WESTPHAI,,     Dealer    in    Havana    aud    Seed-Leat 

Tobacco  and  Cuttings;  Tobacco  Resweating  Establishment;  No.  229  State 
Street. — The  extensive  leaf  tobacco  trade  of  this  city  is  among  its  most  impor- 
tant iudustries,  aud  the  merchants  engaged  in  it  are  among  the  most  energetic 
and  progressive  of  Hartford's  business  men.  Among  those  who  are  especially 
conspicuous  in  this  branch  of  trade  by  reason  of  the  extent  and  scope  of  their 
operations  is  Mr.  William  Westphal,  who  conducts  a  large  and  most  prosperous 
busiuess  at  No.  229  State  Street.  His  warehouse  is  a  four-story  building,  with 
a  froutage  of  twenty-five  feet  and  a  depth  of  one  hundred  feet,  affording  ample 
accommodation  for  the  large  stock  he  carries  at  all  times.  The  business  was 
started  in  1859  by  Mr.  Westphal,  who  came  from  Germany  to  the  United  States 
when -a  young  man,  and  began  his  busiuess  career  as  a  cigar-maker.  The 
knowledge  he  acquired  while  at  that  busiuess  has  beeu  of  inestimable  benefit 
to  him,  aud  it  may  be  said  that  there  is  not  iu  the  city  to-day  a  better  judge  of 
the  intrinsic  merit  of  each  variety  of  leaf  tobacco  than  he.  Mr.  Westphal 
confines  his  operations  chiefly  to  Connecticut  and  other  domestic  tobaccos, 
although  handling  to  some  extent  imported  leaf.  He  also  makes  a  specialty  of 
resweating,  having  for  this  purpose  a  sweating  room,  the  temperature  of  which 
ranges  from  125  to  130  degrees  above  zero.  The  tobacco  is  first  dampened  and 
placed  in  the  sweating-room,  where  the  sweating  process  is  forced  by  the  ex- 
cessive heat,  thus  preventing  the  deterioration  of  quality  likely  to  result  from 
slow  natural  sweatiug.  Mr.  Westphal  employs  an  average  of  five  assistants 
throughout  the  year,  and  is  always  iu  position  to  fill  the  largest  and  most 
urgent  orders. 


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ASYLUM    STREET. 


E.  A.   &  W.  P.  FUELER  (Successors  to  Arthur  G.  Pome- 

rov),  Packers  and  Dealers  in  Connecticut  Seed-Leaf  Tobacco,  No.  236  State 
Street. — Connecticut  has  long  enjoyed  the  distinction  of  being  the  only  State 
north  of  Mason  and  Dixon's  line  in  which  tobacco  is  grown  to  any  extent,  and 
it  naturally  follows  that  Hartford,  her  capital  city  and  metropolis,  should  be  the 
chief  centre  of  the  great  leaf-tobacco  trade  of  the  State,  a  trade  whoce  value  is 
estimated  by  millions.  Connecticut  seed-leaf  tobacco  has  a  national  reputation, 
and  of  hardly  less  renown  is  the  firm  of  Messrs.  E.  A.  &  W.  F.  Fuller,  prom- 
inent packers  and  dealers  in  the  valuable  weed.  This  firm  are  the  successors 
of  Mr.  Arthur  G.  Pomeroy,  who  was  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the  trade,  and 
whose  business  they  took  ten  years  ago.  They  have  an  immense  trade  in  the 
leaf,  shipping  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  Their  offices  and  warehouse  are 
at  No.  236  State  Street,  and  consist  of  a  four-story  building,  with  a  frontage  of 
twenty-five  feet  and  a  depth  of  eighty  feet.  They  employ  an  ample  force  of 
competent  assistants,  and  are  always  in  a  position  to  promptly  execute  the 
largest  orders  at  the  lowest  market  rates.  Both  members  of  the  firm  are  natives 
of  Connecticut  and  prominent  citizens  of  Hartford,  Mr.  E.  A.  Fuller,  the  senior 
member,  being  one  of  the  Directors  of  the  National  Exchange  Bank. 


SMITH,  THE  HORSESHOER,  No.  337  Allyn  Street  — 
The  importance  for  domestic  service  of  careful  attention  to  the  shoeing  of  the 
trained  beasts  of  burden  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  the  term  "Smith  "  is  one  of 
the  oldest  in  the  language  of  men,  and  is  mentioned  among  the  very  earliest 
records.  Indeed,  there  is  no  question  but  that  this  line  was  carefully  perfected 
eveu  before  this  was  accomplished  in  the  same  field  for  men  themselves.  One  of 
the  oldest  and  best-known  local  centres  for  this  line  of  work  is  Smith's  Horseshoe- 
ing House  at  No.  337  Allyn  Street.  The  premises  are  equipped  in  modern  style, 
covering  1,200  square  feet,  and  with  first-class  accommodations  for  from  15  to  20 
horses.  No  pains  are  spared  to  secure  for  all  patrons  the  finest  class  of  service, 
and  that  this  is  true  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  the  regular  customers  here 
have  long  been  among  the  most  intelligent  and  influential  in  the  city.  Every 
piece  of  work  which  leaves  this  shop  is  guaranteed  of  the  very  best  standard, 
and  the  terms  are  no  higher  than  at  many  inferior  places.  Special  attention  is 
given  to  lame,  balky  or  nervous  horses,  and  the  facilities  for  handling  delicate 
work  are  unsurpassed.  Our  readers  can  make  no  mistake  in  patronizing  this 
reliable  and  first-class  establishment. 


THE    MANSUY    CARRIAGE    MANUFACTURING 

COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in  Carriages,  Wagons  and 
Sleighs,  Nos.  17,  19  and  21  Elm  Street. — No  State  in  the  Union  enjoys  a  higher 
reputation  for  excellence  and  large  interests  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
carriages  than  Connecticut.  In  fact,  its  products  of  this  kind  have  long  been 
regarded  as  the  best  in  the  American  market.  An  old-established  and  leading 
house  in  this  department  is  the  Mansuy  Carriage  Manufacturing  Company  at 


Nos.  17,  19  and  21  Elm  Street,  Hartford.  The  business  was  established  in  1841 
and  incorporated  in  1S79,  having  been  under  the  same  progressive  management 
for  many  years.  The  President  and  Manager  of  the  company  is  Mr.  George 
Best,  and  the  Secretary  Mr.  J.  J.  Gates.  Both  are  widely-known  and  expe- 
rienced business  men,  whose  authority  in  all  matters  bearing  on  their  depart- 
ment of  trade  is  accepted  throughout  the  State.  The  manufacturing  premises 
are  large  and  moderuly  equipped,  80  x  80  feet  1'three  floors).  The  company 
employs  from  twenty  to  twenty-five  men  on  the  average,  and  manufactures  a 
superior  grade  of  goods.  They  also  carry  a  general  stock  of  carriages,  wagons 
and  sleighs  of  every  description,  thoroughly  guaranteed  and  at  the  lowest  cur- 
rent prices.  Their  facilities  are  exceptionally  complete  for  manufacturing 
special  styles  and  designs  to  order,  also  for  repairing  work,  carriage  black- 
smithing  and  general  jobbing  of  every  sort.  Prompt  and  thorough  attention  at 
reasonable  rates  is  assured  at  this  leading  establishment.  One  of  the  most 
successful  specialties  handled  by  this  company  is  the  Cushing  tire  and  ball- 
bearing for  wagons  and  carriages,  which  has  afforded  universally  the  highest 
satisfaction,  and  is  without  a  rival  in  its  line  both  for  economy  and  good 
service.  To  obtain  the  best  range  of  selection,  complete  reliance  on  first-class 
work  and  fair  prices,  our  readers  will  find  it  to  their  interest  to  deal  with  this 
old-established  and  successful  house.  Their  horseshoeing  department,  estab- 
lished a  year  ago,  calls  for  special  mention  and  attention,  employing  constantly 
four  skilled  men,  satisfaction  being  given  to  a  growing  business  in  this  line. 


THE   BOSWORTH  HEATING  AND   SUPPLY  CO., 

Contractors  for  Steam  and  Hot-Water  Heating  Apparatus,  No.  253  Asylum 
Street. — It  may  well  be  questioned  whether  the  application  of  the  results  of 
scientific  investigation  and  discovery  has  benefited  mankind  generally  in  a 
more  direct  and  vital  manner  than  when  it  has  touched  the  department  of 
domestic  economy.  The  notable  advancement  in  methods  of  heating,  for  in- 
stance, has  without  doubt  contributed  as  greatly  to  general  healthfulness  as  it 
has  to  the  physical  comfort  of  the  world  at  large ;  and  it  may  well  be  said  that 
no  greater  boon  has  been  conferred  upon  mankind  than  that  resulting  from 
the  introduction  of  steam  and  hot-water  methods  of  heating.  A  concern  that 
has  held  a  high  position  among  those  who  have  led  this  advance  is  the 
Bosworth  Heating  and  Supply  Company  of  this  city.  The  foundations  of 
its  vast  business  were  laid  in  1882  by  Mr.  N.  A.  Bosworth,  who  remained  its 
sole  proprietor  until  1893,  when  the  company  was  organized.  They  are  among 
the  largest  contractors  for  steam  and  hot-water  heating  apparatus  in  the 
country — their  system  being  acknowledged  to  be  one  of  the  best  in  use.  The 
company  has  a  splendidly  equipped  establishment  at  No.  253  Asylum  Street, 
where  it  occupies  two  floors,  each  35  x  90  feet  in  dimensions.  They  employ  a 
full  force  of  competent  assistants,  and  are  always  in  a  position  to  execute  orders 
on  short  notice.  The  Bosworth  Heating  and  Supply  Company  also  deal  exten- 
sively, on  both  a  wholesale  and  retail  scale,  in  pipe,  fittings,  valves,  boilers, 
pumps,  injectors,  tools  and  engineers'  supplies,  generally  carrying  a  large  and 
full  stock  of  the  most  approved  appliances  in  these  various  lines. 


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THE  BIRKERY  MFG.  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  High- 
Pressure  Ball  Cocks,  and  Plumber's  Specialties,  No.  33  Wells  Street. — Although 
not  always  recognized,  the  principles  of  evolution  apply  just  as  rigidly  in  the 
field  of  business  and  mechanical  invention  as  everywhere  else.  Inferior  forms 
are  gradually  succeeded  by  more  perfect  on  the  plain  basis  of  survival  of  the 
fittest.  The  very  best  development  in  its  special  line  yet  reached  is  represented 
by  the  Birkery  Patented  High-Pressure  Ball  Cock  made  by  The  Birkery  Mfg. 
Co.  of  Hartford.  This  company  was  incorporated  in  1891,  and  has  at  once 
taken  a  leading  rank  owing  to  the  unquestioned  superiority  of  the  line  of  goods 
manufactured.  They  have  commanded  a  very  large  sale  throughout  the 
country,  being  handled  by  all  leading  dealers.  By  the  testimony  of  thousands 
of  competent  judges  the  Birkery  Patented  High-Pressure  Ball  Cock  is  the  best, 
cheapest  and  most  perfect  in  action  of  any  ever  offered  to  the  public.  It  is 
made  for  bottom,  top  or  end  supply,  aud  is  manufactured  under  the  direct 
supervision  of  the  patentee.  The  best  material  and  perfect  workmanship  are 
guaranteed.  When  once  used  its  superiority  to  all  others  will  be  manifest.  It 
is  cheaper  because  least  liable  to  repairs,  and  works  perfectly  under  the  heaviest 
pressure.  This  company  also  manufacture  a  superior  flush  tank  aud  a  general 
stock  of  plumbers'  specialties.  At  a  liberal  price,  their  goods  will  be  found  to 
give  a  very  high  degree  of  satisfaction.  They  are  sold  in  every  part  of  the 
United  States,  and  also  in  foreign  countries.  They  occupy  a  large  and 
modernly-equipped  manufacturing  plant  at  No.  33  Wells  Street,  this  city,  em- 
ploying from  twenty  to  twenty-five  men. 


THE  HARTFORD  COAL  CO.,  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Dealers  in  Anthracite  aud  Bitumiuous  Coal,  No.  27S  Main  Street  and  No.  10S 
Commerce  Street. — The  old  saying,  "An  ounce  of  fact  is  worth  a  ton  of 
theory,"  is  as  true  as  it  is  old,  and  cases  come  up  daily  to  prove  that  this 
is  correct.  Some  people  say  that  coal  can  be  bought  to  as  much  advantage  of 
one  dealer  as  of  another,  when  similar  quantities  are  ordered.  This,  perhaps, 
may  be  theoretically  true — practically,  the  reverse  is  the  case.  It  does  not 
require  a  very  extended  experience  to  convince  any  person  that  more  genuine 
satisfaction  is  to  be  had  from  placing  orders  with  some  houses  than  with  others; 
and,  when  coal  is  wanted,  there  is  no  establishment  in  Hartford  that  is  more 
profitable  to  patronize  than  that  conducted  by  the  Hartford  Coal  Co.  This 
company  has  an  office  at  No.  278  Main  Street,  and  their  extensive  yards  are 
located  on  Commerce  Street.  This  business  was  incorporated  in  1883,  with  a 
capital  of  $io,ooo,  Mr.  Chas.  R.  Belden  being  President  and  Mr.  John  R.  Hills 
Secretary  and  Treasurer.  They  handle  coal  very  extensively,  doing  a  whole- 
sale and  retail  business,  and  employing  a  large  force  of  assistants,  while  the 
lowest  market  rates  are  always  quoted  by  them.  The  quality  of  the  coal  fur- 
nished is  strictly  reliable,  and,  as  consumers  appreciate  good  coal,  good  weight 
and  good  service,  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  that  this  is  one  of  the  most  largely 
patronized  enterprises  of  this  kind  in  this  vicinity.  Mr.  Hills  is  Director  in 
several  insurance  companies  and  banks,  aud  is  also  a  builder. 


CHURCH  OF  THE  GOOD  SHEPHERD. 


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SOUTH  PARK  DRUG  STORE  (A.  A.  McCollum),  No. 

31  Main  Street,  Corner  Park.— The  "mind  cure"  is  but  seldom  heard  of  now- 
adays; but  still,  like  many  other  fads  which  were  popular  for  a  time,  it  had 
some  points  about  it  entitled  to  respectful  consideration,  aud  it  remains  as  true 
to-day  as  ever  that  the  mind  has  an  immense  influence  over  the  body  in  health 
aud  in  disease.  Let  the  patient  be  convinced  that  the  medicines  he  is  using 
are  obtained  from  an  entirely  reliable  source,  and  they  will  be  much  more  likely 
to  benefit  him  than  they  would  under  different  circumstances.  And  right  here 
is  a  powerful  argument  in  favor  of  having  prescriptions  compounded  at  the 
South  Park  Drug  Store,  conducted  by  Mr.  A.  A.  McCollum  at  No.  31  Main 
Street,  corner  Park,  for  he  is  an  experienced  pharmacist  and  has  an  extensive 
business.  Mr.  McCollum  is  a  native  of  New  York,  and  has  carried  on  this 
enterprise  since  1S93,  when  he  succeeded  Mr.  Sawtell,  the  founder,  who  estab- 
lished it  in  1874.  The  premises  occupied  are  22x45  feet  >u  size,  and  contain 
a  fine  soda  fountain,  drugs,  sundries  and  toilet  articles,  which  are  offered  at 
low  prices.  Mr.  McCollum  employs  one  reliable  assistant,  and  all  patrons 
are  assured  prompt  attention. 


I,YMAN  A.  CHAPIN,  Newsdealer  and  Bookseller; 
Special  Agent  New  York  Suuday  Newspapers ;  Also,  Periodicals  and  Magazines ; 
No.  347  Main  Street. — A  newspaper  delivery  system  that  is  not  prompt,  ac- 
curate aud  absolutely  reliable  is  little  better  than  an  aggravation,  for  it  is  a  con- 
tinual source  of  bother  and  had  best  be  dispensed  with  altogether.  But  a  thor- 
oughly satisfactory  service  is  a  most  valuable  and  decided  accommodation,  and 
hence  there  is  abundant  reason  for  the  pronounced  popularity  of  that  rendered 
by  Mr.  Lyman  A.  Chapin,  for  it  is  thoroughly  satisfactory  in  every  respect. 
About  nine  years  ago  Mr.  Chapin  established  a  wholesale  agency  for  the  New 
York  Sunday  newspapers,  which  he  has  conducted  with  such  success  that  his 
trade  now  extends  over  a  large  section  of  Connecticut  and  Massachusetts,  aud 
probably  is  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  New  England.  A  year  ago  he  opened  a 
retail  store  at  No.  347  Main  Street,  where  the  New  York  and  Boston  daily  and 
Suuday  papers  are  furnished  by  the  day,  week  or  month  at  uniformly  moderate 
rates.  Magazines  and  periodicals  of  all  kinds  are  also  supplied,  and  subscrip- 
tions received  at  publisher's  rates.  All  the  new  and  popular  books  are  received 
as  soon  as  issued  and  sold  at  very  reasonable  prices.  A  profitable  trade  has 
been  developed  already  in  this  department,  and  the  prospect  for  the  future  is 
decidedly  bright  and  promising. 


JOHN  ALEXANDER,  Electro-Plater  in  Silver,  Gold, 
Nickel  aud  Copper  ;  All  Kinds  of  Polishing ;  No.  39  Trumbull  Street. — To 
secure  the  best  service  nowadays  sensible  people  always  go  to  a  trained  specialist 
whose  reputation  stands  for  all  that  is  latest  and  best  in  the  special  line.  The 
business  conducted  by  Mr.  John  Alexander  at  No.  39  Trumbull  Street,  Hartford, 
has  established  a  thorough  right  to  its  position  as  a  leader  in  all  matters  related 
to  electro-plating,  brass  and  metal  finish  work.     Mr.  Alexander,  who  is  a  native 


of  Scotland,  and  a  thoroughly-expert  electro-plater,  succeeded  to  the  business 
of  Mr.  Hill  at  the  present  location  in  1891.  His  well-equipped  shop  on  the 
second  floor  of  the  Case,  Lockwood  &  Brainard  Co.'s  Building  has  every  facility 
for  prompt  thorough  work  iu  this  line.  He  handles  special  contracts  for  leading 
manufacturers  of  this  section,  aud  guarantees  uniformly  the  highest  standard  of 
work.  General  silver,  gold,  nickel  and  copper  electro-plating,  polishing  of  all 
kinds,  brass  finish  and  pattern-making  are  among  the  special  lines  handled  in 
the  best  manner.  Old  goods  are  renovated  and  made  equal  to  new  and  also 
repair  work  at  very  lowest  prices.  A  specialty  is  made  of  harness  trimmings  to 
order,  aud  those  goods  have  met  with  wide  success.  For  careful  and  prompt 
attention,  superior  workmanship  and  liberal  prices  our  readers  will  find  this 
reliable  establishment  most  worthy  of  patronage  at  all  times. 


N.  P.  DANIEI/S,  25  Asylum  Street;  Mercantile  Job 
Printing. — As  representative  of  the  high  perfection  to  which  the  art  of  printing 
has  attained,  the  printing  establishments  of  Hartford  will  bear  the  closest  com- 
parison with  those  of  any  leading  American  city.  Here  every  branch  of  the 
business  is  well  represented,  and  every  class  of  work  is  done  iu  the  most  accept- 
able manner.  Among  these  progressive  houses  that  of  Mr.  N.  P.  Daniels 
stands  out  prominently  as  truly  representative  of  the  advanced  methods  and 
high  state  of  perfection  of  the  modern  printing  establishment.  Mr.  Daniels 
began  business  in  this  city  in  1885,  but  had  previously  had  a  long  and  valuable 
practical  experience  as  a  printer  of  the  new  school.  Consequently  he  came 
immediately  into  notice,  aud  at  once  secured  the  recognition  due  to  such 
services  as  he  extends.  He  has  an  unusually  well-fitted  office  at  No.  25  Asylum 
Street,  the  equipments  and  appliances  being  all  of  the  latest  and  best  designs, 
and  he  is,  therefore,  in  a  position  to  perform  quick  and  thoroughly  satisfactory 
work.  His  office  is  on  the  second  floor  of  the  Post  Building,  and  contains 
about  six  hundred  square  feet  of  space.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  neat  and 
attractive  mercantile  jobwork,  programme  printing,  etc.  His  prices  are  as  low 
as  fine  work  and  good  material  will  admit,  and  he  is  prepared  to  furnish  esti- 
mates on  short  notice,  guaranteeing  prompt  service  and  perfect  satisfaction. 


FINE  HALF-TONE  WORK. 

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THE   HARTFORD   ENGRAVING   CO., 
No.  66   State   Street, 
Courant    Building. 


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BEACH  &  CO.,  Dyes,  Dye  Stuffs  ;  Importers  and  Commission 

Merchants;  Nos.  372-4  Atlantic  Avenue,  Boston. — Among  the  substantial  business 
houses  which  have  been  most  influential  during  the  past  half-century  in  advancing 
the  business  prosperity  of  Hartford  special  mention  should  be  made  of  the  old 
reliable  house  of  Messrs.  Beach  &  Co.,  importers  and  commission  merchants. 
They  were  established  in  1S36,  and  for  nearly  sixty  years  no  other  house  has 
been  so  influential  in  the  progress  of  the  trade  in  dye  stuffs  and  extracts 
throughout  this  section.  The  home  office  is  at  Hartford,  but  they  have  also  an 
office  and  large  importing  warehouse  at  372-374  Atlantic  Avenue,  Boston. 
Their  wholesale  and  jobbing  trade  exends  to  all  parts  of  New  England,  also  to 
Canada  and  the  West.  The  firm  consists  of  Messrs.  George  Beach,  Charles  M. 
Beach,  T.  Belknap  Beach  and  George  W.  Beach.  Mr.  Charles  M.  Beach  is 
Treasurer  of  the  Broad  Brook  Mills,  and  Mr.  George  W.  Beach,  President  of 
the  Beach  Manufacturing  Co.  at  Beacon  Falls,  Hartford.  Besides  their  own 
extensive  product  iu  dyes  and  dye  stuffs,  they  are  also  very  heavy  importers  in 
dye  woods,  indigo  extracts  and  other  goods  in  this  line.  They  are  American 
agents  for  the  British  Alizarine  Co..  the  Atlas  Works  Aniline  Dyes,  Mucklow's 
Elton  Fold  Dyeing  Extracts,  and  have  received  for  years  the  great  bulk  of 
cochineal  consumed  in  this  country,  the  same  bearing  their  brand  name  of 
"J.  R.  G."  In  the  volume  of  their  trade  and  the  high  standard  of  their  goods, 
maintained  for  two  geuerations,  they  stand  at  the  head  and  front  of  this  branch 
of  industry  in  the  United  States.  Their  trade  connections  and  importing 
facilities  reach  to  every  part  of  the  world. 


IN    CORRIDOR,     CAPITOI. 


THE     HARTFORD     DUMBER     CO.,     No.    17   Albany 

Avenue. — One  of  the  best  and  most  favorably  known  firms  in  its  line  of  busi- 
ness in  this  State  is  The  Hartford  Lumber  Co.  at  No.  17  Albany  Avenue.  And 
this  house  ought  to  be  well  known,  for  not  only  are  its  transactions  immense 
and  its  trade  of  great  importance,  but  it  has  also  been  far-sighted  enough  to 
keep  its  name  before  the  public  by  a  system  of  judicious  advertising,  which  has 
doubtless  had  much  to  do  with  its  success.  It  was  founded  thirty-five  years 
ago  by  Messrs.  J.  W.  Starkweather  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded  by  the  present 
firm  six  years  ago.  The  officers  of  this  company  are  as  follows  :  Thomas  A- 
Lake,  President ;  Everett  A.  Lake,  Secretary  ;  Geo.  W.  Hill,  Treasurer.  Their 
spacious  yards  cover  three  acres  of  ground,  and  a  very  heavy  stock  of  the 
various  goods  dealt  in  is  at  all  times  on  hand.  All  orders  will  receive  prompt 
and  careful  attention,  and  will  be  filled  with  the  best  goods  at  the  lowest 
market  rates.  Mr.  Thomas  Lake,  President  of  this  company,  also  owns  a 
lumber  yard  at  Rockville,  Conn.,  and  his  goods  are  shipped  all  over  Connect- 
icut, Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island.  Mr.  Everett  A.  Lake,  the  younger 
member  of  the  firm,  has  recently  graduated  from  Harvard  College.  Mr. 
Thomas  A.  Lake  was  a  member  of  the  Legislature  at  one  time,  and  Mr.  Geo. 
W.  Hill  was  formerly  in  the  lumber  business  at  Burlington,  Vt.  Employment 
is  given  to  from  fifteen  to  twenty  capable  assistants,  and  an  extensive  trade  is 
successfully  handled. 


OFFICES    BOARD    OF    EDUCATION,    CAPITOL. 


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EDWARD  P.  FORBES,  Signs  and  Banners,  No.  321  Main 
Street. — Sign  paintiug  has  developed  into  an  art  in  recent  years,  or  rather  it  has 
resumed  its  place  among  the  arts,  since  in  the  olden  time  a  signboard  was  a 
creation  requiring  a  great  amount  of  talent  and  artistic  ability  in  its  production, 
whereas  for  a  long  period  and  until  a  comparatively  recent  date  the  severely 
practical  almost  entirely  took  the  place  of  the  decorative  and  attractive  in  sign- 
writing.  Men  wanted  merely  an  announcement  of  their  names  and  the  charac- 
ter of  their  business,  caring  little  in  what  shape  it  was  put  so  that  it  was  legible 
and  not  actually  uncouth.  Many  examples  of  these  are  still  to  be  found  side  by 
side  with  the  artistic  creations  of  the  modern  school  of  sign  writers,  and  the 
contrast  certainly  makes  the  attractiveness  of  the  latter  the  more  pronounced. 
Those  who  are  familiar  with  the  work  done  by  Mr.  Edward  P.  Forbes,  the  lead- 
ing sign  writer  of  Hartford,  cannot  have  failed  to  note  the  striking  difference 
between  his  production  and  those  of  an  earlier  day.  Mr.  Forbes  has  been  located 
in  Hartford  for  the  past  fifteen  years,  and  during  that  time  he  has  done  his  part 
toward  working  a  revolution  in  the  character  and  quality  of  the  signboards  of 
the  city.  He  does  not,  however,  devote  his  attention  exclusively  to  this  branch, 
for  as  a  decorator  he  has  a  very  large  and  appreciative  patronage  in  Hartford 
and  vicinity.  He  also  excels  as  a  designer  and  painter  of  advertising,  political 
and  variety  banners,  in  the  making  of  flags  of  all  nations,  shields,  eagles,  coats 
of  arms,  &c,  carrying  a  large  stock  at  all  times,  for  sale  or  to  rent,  for  decorating 
public  and  private  halls  and  buildings.  This  stock  is  new  and  first-class  in  every 
particular.  Mr.  Forbes  also  makes  a  specialty  of  standard  American  bunting 
aud  silk  flags,  Sunday-school  banners,  &c,  making  special  designs  in  the  latter 
to  order.  Old  flags  may  also  be  left  to  be  repaired  at  his  establishment,  No.  321 
Main  Street,  where  the  services  of  six  expert  workmen  are  always  at  the  com- 
mand of  customers. 


PRATT  &  WHITNEY  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Machinery 
and  Tools. — Among  the  representative  manufacturing  enterprises  of  this  city 
that  conducted  by  the  Pratt  &  Whitney  Company  enjoys  a  reputation  that  is 
scarcely  equaled  by  that  of  any  other  house  devoted  to  the  same  line  of  trade 
in  the  country.  The  company  is  among  the  largest  and  most  notable  manu- 
facturers of  machinery  and  tools  in  the  United  States,  its  products  being  found 
in  every  market  on  the  continent  and  enjoying  an  extensive  sale  in  foreign 
countries.  The  Pratt  &  Whitney  Company  was  organized  in  1869  with  a  capital 
stock  of  $350,000,  since  increased  to  $500,000  by  the  demands  of  its  large  and 
constantly-extending  business.  There  are  so  many  special  lines  made  by  the 
firm,  and  each  of  them  possesses  such  superior  merit,  that  it  is  impossible  within 
the  limitations  of  our  space  to  make  even  an  enumeration  of  them.  It  may 
be  said  generally  that  they  embrace  planing  and  drilling  machines,  engine  and 
monitor  lathes,  reaming  and  grinding  machines,  bolt  cutters  and  die  sinkers, 
band-sawing  machines,  drop  hammers,  punching  pressers,  cutters  for  teeth  of 
gear  wheels,  and  in  fact  a  great  variety  of  standard  and  special  metal-working 
machinery  and  tools  of  all  descriptions.  Their  plant  includes  a  four-story 
brick  building,  225  feet  by  45  feet,  with  a  combined  floor  area  of  40,500  square 
feet ;  another  building,  also  of  brick,  three  stories  high  and  146  feet  long  by 
42  feet  deep,  which  was  erected  in  1S81  for  heavy  machine  work  ;  a  third  brick 
building,  four  stories  high,  which  was  finished  in  iSSS,  and  is  used  for  storage 
purposes,  and  a  two-story  brick  building  erected  in  iSgi  to  provide  additional 
manufacturing  facilities.  Four  engines  of  a  combined  horse-power  of  two 
hundred  are  required  to  operate  the  plant,  and  an  average  force  of  950  men, 
including  many  experts  and  specialists,  is  employed.  The  plant  is  heated 
throughout  by  steam  and  lighted  by  electricity  or  gas.  The  officers  of  the 
company  are  among  the  most  representative  men  of  Hartford,  the  President 
being  Mr.  F.  A.  Pratt;  the  Vice-President  and  Superintendent,  Mr.  Amos 
Whitney;  the  Secretary,  Mr.  R.  F.  Blodgett,  and  the  Treasurer,  Mr.  Geo.  W.  M. 
Reed. 


E.  H.  BETTS,  Wholesale  Dealer  in  Salt  and  Salt  Fish, 
Cheese,  Lard  and  Brooms  ;  Agent  for  the  Genesee  Salt ;  No.  216  State  Street. — 
From  its  commanding  central  location  Hartford  possesses  advantages  and  facil- 
ities for  the  collection  and  distribution  of  produce.  Its  provision  business  is 
among  its  most  important  wholesale  commercial  interests,  aud  the  houses 
engaged  in  it  are  among  the  most  prominent  in  the  Eastern  States.  A  well- 
known  merchant  in  this  field  of  mercantile  enterprise  is  Mr.  E.  H.  Betts,  who 
carries  on  a  large  and  steadily-growing  business,  making  specialties  of  salt, 
salt  fish,  cheese,  lard  and  brooms.  His  offices  and  warehouse  are  at  No.  216 
State  Street.  Mr.  Betts  has  controlled  this  important  enterprise  for  the  past 
ten  years,  and  the  business  itself  is  one  of  the  earliest  established  in  the  Con- 
necticut Valley,  its  beginning  dating  back  to  1812.  Mr.  Betts  is  agent  for  the 
celebrated  Genesee  Salt,  and  has  a  very  large  trade  in  this  commodity,  as  well  as 
in  salt  fish,  canned  meats,  aud  the  other  important  products  above  enumerated. 


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RETREAT    FOR    THE    INSANE. 


SOUTH    ANNEX— RETREAT    FOR    THE.  INSANE. 


THE    COTTAGES— RETREAT    FOR    THE    INSANE. 


JONES  &  UTTI,E,  Pattern  and  Model  Makers,  No.  33 
Wells  Street.— A  class  of  work  calling  for  the  highest  skill  and  wide  mechan- 
ical experience  and  knowledge  is  that  of  the  pattern  and  model  maker;  and  in 
such  a  city  as  Hartford,  where  manufacturing  interests  are  numerous  and  varied, 
the  services  of  the  expert  in  this  field  are  in  large  and  constant  demand.  None 
but  the  most  skillful  and  finished  workman  can  hope  to  succeed  here,  and  the 
prosperity  which  has  attended  the  enterprise  of  Messrs.  Jones  &  Little  is 
therefore  the  best  evidence  that  could  be  adduced  in  proof  of  their  superiority 
and  competence  as  makers  of  patterns  and  models.  The  firm  is  one  of  long 
and  high  standing,  the  foundations  of  its  splendid  business  having  been  laid  in 
1873.  Their  establishment  at  No.  33  Wells  Street  is  equipped  in  the  best  man- 
ner for  the  execution  of  all  work  in  their  line,  their  facilities  enabling  them  to 
undertake  the  most  intricate  patterns  or  most  difficult  models.  They  employ 
twelve  skilled  workmen  and  do  a  large  shop-jobbing  business.  They  make  all 
descriptions  of  patterns  in  a  first-class  manner,  employing  only  kiln-dried 
lumber.  A  specialty  is  made  of  cutting  blocks  of  all  kinds  from  the  best  sea- 
soned maple  for  the  use  of  envelope  manufacturers,  cloth  cutters,  etc.  ;  they 
also  give  special  attention  to  gear  patterns  and  cogging.  Messrs.  Jones  &  Little 
have  a  most  extensive  trade  throughout  the  United  States  and  Canada,  and  are 
the  recognized  leaders  in  their  line. 

MURRAY  BROS.,  Practical  Plumbers  and  Gasfitters,  No. 
1 191.  Main  Street,  Between  Buckingham  and  Capitol  Avenue. — The  public  has 
heard  and  read  so  much  on  the  subject  of  sanitary  plumbing  in  recent  years 
that  it  cannot  fail  to  appreciate  the  great  importance  of  the  subject  in  its  prac- 
tical aspect,  and  the  plumber  who  does  not  keep  fully  abreast  of  the  times  in 
this  manner  of  sanitation  is  nowhere  in  the  race  for  popular  favor.  Messrs. 
Murray  Bros,  of  No.  nc/Ji'  Main  Street  (The  Linden  Building),  knowing  that 
the  public  demands  thorough  and  perfect  work  in  this  direction,  have  prepared 
themselves  in  the  most  practical  manner  to  meet  the  requirements  for  scientific 
work  in  their  department  of  industry.  They  have  been  established  in  Hartford 
about  seven  years,  and  have  occupied  their  present  quarters  for  some  twelve 
months.  Their  establishment  is  well-equipped  in  every  respect,  and  those  who 
entrust  work  to  them  may  rest  assured  that  it  will  receive  prompt  attention  and 
be  executed  in  a  highly-satisfactory  manner.  The  firm,  which  consists  of 
Messrs.  Charles  and  John  F.  Murray,  are  thoroughly  practical  plumbers  and 
gasfitters.  They  carry  at  all  times  a  complete  stock  of  boilers,  bath  tubs, 
closets,  sinks,  etc.,  the  latest  improved  devices  in  these  lines  having  a  conspicu- 
ous place  in  the  stock. 


C.  W.  PRATT,  Ladies'  Furnishings,  Cloaks  and  Suits,  Nos. 
403  to  407  Main  Street. — One  of  the  most  enterprising  business  houses  in  this 
part  of  the  State,  and  one  in  whose  history  and  business  methods  are  brilliantly 
set  forth  the  sure  results  of  energetic,  honorable  and  persevering  work,  is  the 
well-known  establishment  represented  and   conducted  by  C.   W.    Pratt.      The 


present  proprietor  assumed  control  of  the  business  in  1S89  and  has  since  carried 
it  forward  with  great  ability  and  merited  success.  The  premises  occupied  at 
Nos.  403  to  407  Main  Street  comprise  two  connecting  stores,  45  x  85  feet  in  size. 
The  stock  includes  ladies'  furnishings,  cloaks  and  suits,  a  specialty  being  made 
of  the  latter.  One  may  find  here  very  stylish  cloaks  of  all  kinds,  and  suits,  the 
style  of  which  are  the  very  latest  and  the  prices  the  very  lowest  that  can  be 
named,  especially  when  one  considers  the  time  saved  in  buying  such  garments 
ready-made.  Ten  competent  assistants  are  constantly  employed  to  meet  the 
growing  demands  of  the  trade.  Mr.  Pratt  is  a  native  of  Saybrook,  Conn.,  and 
is  very  well  known  throughout  this  city  and  State.  His  undertaking  has  long 
held  a  leading  position  among  other  establishments  of  its  kind  in  this  vicinity, 
and  it  is  but  fair  to  say  that  its  enviable  reputation  is  fully  maintained  to  the 
present  day.  All  are  invited  to  call  and  inspect  the  many  bargains  constantly 
offered  here  whether  they  desire  to  purchase  or  not. 


Book  and 

Catalogue  Work. 


THE  HARTFORD  ENGRAVING  CO., 
■  No.  66  State  Street, 

Courant  Building. 


JOSEPH  KASHMANN,  Dealer  in  Meats,  Poultry.  Fish  and 
Vegetables,  No.  26  Mulberry  Street. — Among  the  many  houses  in  Hartford  that 
carry  a  superior  grade  of  meats,  poultry,  fish  and  vegetables,  that  of  Mr.  Joseph 
Kashmann,  located  at  No.  26  Mulberry  Street,  deserves  special  mention.  The 
store,  which  is  25  x  40  feet  in  dimensions,  is  admirably  arranged  for  the  trade, 
having  all  necessary  facilities  for  carrying  on  the  business.  Three  courteous 
and  obliging  assistants  are  constantly  employed,  while  the  stock  comprises  all 
kinds  of  the  choicest  cuts  of  meats,  fine  poultry  and  fresh  fish  and  vegetables 
in  their  season.  Mr.  Kashmann  has  had  a  long  experience  in  the  business  to 
which  he  devotes  his  close  personal  attention,  thus  ensuring  perfect  satisfaction 
in  all  respects  to  his  numerous  patrons.  His  prices  will  be  found  as  reasonable 
for  the  quality  of  goods  dealt  in  as  any  in  this  section,  while  particular  attention 
is  given  to  the  careful  filling  of  all  orders  and  their  prompt  delivery.  Mr. 
Kashmanu's  market  is  located  at  No.  26  Mulberry  Street,  and  is  well  patronized 
and  very  popular  throughout  the  city.  We  can  recommend  it  to  our  many 
readers  as  a  reliable  place  at  which  to  trade.  The  proprietor  is  very  well  and 
favorably  known,  and  well  deserves  the  success  attained. 


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HARTFORD    OPTICAL   COMPANY;    Spectacles,  Eye- 

Glasses  and  Optical  Goods ;  Prescriptions  for  Glasses  Promptly  Attended  To ; 
Allyn  House  Block,  No.  144  Asylum  Street. — Among  the  important  professions 
there  are  none  of  greater  consequence  than  that  of  the  oculist,  and  hardly  of 
secondary  importance  is  the  calling  of  the  optician.  Whatever  the  cause, 
cases  of  defective  vision  are  largely  on  the  increase  in  all  parts  of  the  United 
States,  and  it  is  a  matter  of  great  moment  that  effective  means  for  correcting 
these  difficulties  should  be  always  available.  There  are  no  more  celebrated  and 
skilled  specialists  in  the  diseases  of  the  eye  than  Hartford  possesses,  and  they 
are  ably  seconded  in  their  work  by  such  houses  as  the  Hartford  Optical  Com- 
pany, who  are  extensive  and  noted  dealers  in  spectacles,  eye-glass  and  optical 
goods  generally.  Their  office  and  store  is  in  the  Allyn  House  Block,  No.  144 
Asylum  Street,  and  here  will  be  found  a  very  large  and  complete  stock  of  these 
goods,  including  those  already  mentioned,  and  opera-glasses,  field-glasses, 
stereoscopes  and  views,  eye-shades,  reading  and  magnifying  glasses,  grapho- 
scopes,  microscopes,  compasses,  magic  lanterns  and  slides,  thermometers, 
barometers  and  hydrometers,  artificial  eyes  in  large  variety,  etc.  They  carry  a 
particularly  fine  line  of  spectacles  and  eye-glasses  in  gold,  silver,  steel,  rubber, 
celluloid  and  frameless  mountings,  and  make  a  specialty  of  carefully  and  ac- 
curately filling  oculists'  prescriptions.  They  also  give  particular  attention  to 
making  repairs.  The  Hartford  Optical  Company  was  organized  in  1881,  with 
W.  T.  Steven  as  Manager. 


ALBERT  ENTRESS,  Architectural  Sculptor;  Statuary 
Work,  Plaster  Models  for  Stucco  and  Other  Purposes,  Stone  and  Wood  Carv- 
ing; No.  iS7^  Main  Street. — The  adornment  of  the  home  is  one  of  the  oldest 
and  most  important  of  the  applied  arts.  Although  constant  improvements  are 
being  made  to  suit  the  demands  of  our  modern  life,  there  are  many  to  whom 
nothing  is  so  satisfactory  as  antique  and  classic  styles.  The  establishment  of 
Mr.  Albert  Entress,  No.  187^  Main  Street,  by  reason  of  his  long  and  care- 
ful study  in  decorative  art,  is  able  to  successfully  meet  every  variety  of  taste 
in  this  department.  It  was  established  in  1874,  and  has  thus  been  under 
Mr.  Entress'  careful  and  thorough  management  for  the  past  twenty  years.  He 
occupies  a  neatly-equipped  store  and  work-room,  30x75  feet  in  dimensions, 
and  employs  none  but  most  competent  assistants.  He  executes  special  designs 
and  order-work  with  promptness  and  artistic  skill.  He  is  also  an  expert  archi- 
tectural sculptor,  able  to  furnish  every  kind  of  statuary  work,  plaster  models 
for  stucco  and  other  purposes,  and  general  stone  and  wood  carving.  His  facili- 
ties are  complete  for  successfully  executing  every  kind  of  external  and  interior 
ornamentation  of  wood  or  stone  buildings,  and  also  for  completely  furnishing 
them  with  furniture,  fine  mouldings  and  cabinet  work.  His  prices  will  be 
found  exceptionally  attractive  for  this  grade  of  work,  and  deserving  the  care- 
ful attention  of  all  our  readers.  Mr.  Entress  executed  the  stone  statuary  work 
of  Hartford's  celebrated  Memorial  Arch,  and  also  many  of  the  city's  promi- 
nent buildings. 


SOUTH    CONGREGATIONAL    CHURCH,    BUCKINGHAM   STREET. 


Photo -Engraving  of  All  Kinds. 

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THE   HARTFORD   ENGRAVING   CO., 

No.  66   State  Street, 
Courant   Building. 


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SENATE    CHAMBER,    CAPITOL. 


THE    HARTFORD    COFFEE    HOUSE    CO.,    No.    8 

Central  Row,  was  formed  to  do  a  work  of  philanthropy  on  a  business  basis,  and 
is  an  outcome  of  the  temperance  work  of  Mr.  Thos.  E.  Murphy  in  the  spring 


of  1893.  It  was  at  the  start  an  experiment,  and  sought  to  give  men  trying  to 
break  away  from  the  saloon  influence  a  place  for  social  intercourse  with  one 
another  with  the  freedom  of  the  club  or  saloon  and  in  a  pure,  moral  atmosphere. 
The  purpose  was  to  have  it  non-partisan,  non-sectarian,  yet  controlled  by  high 
standards  of  morality  and  Christian  purpose.  The  social  and  pool  rooms  occupy 
the  entire  second  floor  of  the  fine,  commodious  building  at  No.  8  Central  Row, 
30  feet  wide  by  150  feet  deep.  The  rooms  have  a  large  variety  of  reading 
matter,  piano,  game  and  pool  tables,  the  finest  in  the  city.  The  restaurant  is 
on  the  main  floor,  comprising  a  very  attractive  suite  of  rooms,  where  for  a 
reasonable  price  the  very  best  food  is  served  in  an  inviting  manner.  The  man- 
ager, Mr.  George  S.  Ayer,  has  with  him  a  competent  chef  and  able  corps  of 
assistants,  and  his  efficient  management  has  established  an  excellent  and  in- 
creasing patronage,  so  that  the  permanency  of  the  business  is  assured.  The 
whole  enterprise,  in  both  departments,  has  the  hearty  support  of  all  because  of 
its  meritorious  service  and  the  object  of  the  establishment.  The  company  has 
a  paid-up  capital  of  $5,000  (in  shares  of  $25  each),  and  is  controlled  by  the  fol- 
lowing Board  of  Directors:  James  M.  Thomson,  firm  of  Brown,  Thomson  & 
Co.;  George  L.  Chase,  President  Hartford  Fire  Insurance  Co.;  Rufus  N.  Pratt, 
President  Pratt  &  Cady  Co.;  Amos  Whitney,. Superintendent  Pratt  &  Whitney 
Co.;  Jacob  L.  Greene,  President  Connecticut  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Co.;  Gil- 
bert W.  Chapin,  Actuary  Society  for  Savings;  Ellis  G.  Richards,  Secretary 
National  Fire  Insurance  Co. ;  Wm.  H.  Watrous,  President  Wm.  Rogers  Mfg. 
Co. ;  Chas.  E.  Billings,  President  Billings  &  Spencer  Co. ;  Rev.  Henry  Ferguson, 
Professor,  Trinity  College  ;  Justus  P.  Lewis,  Superintendent  Pratt  &  Cady  Co. ; 
James  Ahern,  Rev.  Francis  Goodwin,  Mrs.  B.  M.  Parsons,  Mrs.  B.  E.  Hooker. 
The  officers  are:  Rufus  N.  Pratt,  President;  Ellis  G.  Richards,  Secretary; 
Gilbert  W.  Chapin,  Treasurer. 


HENRY  J.  ZWEYGARTT,  Connecticut  Seed -Leaf 
Tobacco,  No.  221  State  Street.— The  business  of  packing  and  shipping  leaf 
tobacco  of  Connecticut  growth  is  one  of  the  largest  consequence  in  this  city, 
involving  the  investment  of  large  capital  and  the  exercise  of  enterprise  and 
abilities  of  a  high  order.  In  fact  it  may  be  said  that  this  is  one  of  Hartford's 
chief  industries,  giving  employment  to  an  army  of  men  and  adding  much  to 
the  commercial  greatness  of  the  city.  A  prominent  factor  in  this  business  is 
Mr.  Henry  J.  Zweygartt,  whose  large  warehouse  is  located  at  No.  221  State 
Street.  Although  born  in  Germany,  Mr.  Zweygartt  came  to  this  country  as  a 
boy,  and  his  earliest  recollections  of  the  United  States  are  connected  with  the 
tobacco  trade.  He  worked  at  the  business  as  a  boy,  and  when  he  had  attained 
to  the  years  of  manhood  he  embarked  in  business  on  his  own  account  as  a  retail 
dealer  in  cigars  and  tobacco.  His  enterprise  thrived,  and  in  course  of  time  he 
branched  out  as  a  wholesale  merchant,  being  now  one  of  the  largest  and  most 
successful  in  the  city.  He  has  now  been  identified  with  the  trade  for  forty 
years.  His  establishment  at  the  above  address  has  a  frontage  of  25  feet  and  a 
depth  of  100  feet.  His  business  is  that  of  a  packer,  no  sorting  being  done  in 
his  establishment.     A  force  of  six  competent  assistants  is  employed. 


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J.  B.  MERROW  &  SONS,  No.  133  Sheldon  Street,  in  this 
City,  are  engaged  principally  in  manufacturing  special  machinery  for  finishing 
the  edges  of  fabrics.  The  original  house,  founded  in  1838,  was  the  pioneer  in 
the  knitting  industry  of  this  country,  its  knitting  factory,  built  where  the  Village 
of  Merrow  has  since  sprung  up,  being  the  first  knitting  mill  erected  and  operated 
in  the  United  States.  The  Merrow  System  of  Crocheting  Machinery  and 
Methods  was  originated  by  Mr.  J.  M.  Merrow,  a  member  of  the  present  firm, 
and  the  machines  at  first  adapted  to  limited  uses  were  used  in  the  knitting  mill 
at  Merrow,  but  have  since  been  continuously  developed  and  improved  until  at 
the  present  time  the  firm  is  building  more  than  thirty  varieties  of  machines 
especially  adapted  to  as  many  different  purposes,  some  of  which  are  far  removed 
from  the  knitting  industry.  This  firm  abandoned  the  knitting  business  upon 
the  destruction  of  their  knitting  mill  by  fire,  since  which  time  their  careful  and 
concentrated  attention  has  been  devoted  to  the  development  and  manufacture 
of  their  line  of  machinery,  unique  in  its  methods  and  purposes.  Since  locating 
in  Hartford,  this  firm  has  established  a  department  devoted  to  building  fine 
machinery  to  order. 

DE  WITT  C.  POND,  Bookseller  and  Stationer;  Dealer  in 
Newspapers  and  Periodicals ;  No.  301  Main  Street,  Phceuix  Bank  Building. — It 
is  said  that  a  lady  may  be  known  by  her  gloves  and  her  boots,  and  a  gentleman 
by  his  linen,  the  idea  being,  of  course,  that  good  breeding  is  manifested  more 
especially  in  minor  details  of  the  toilet  than  in  the  wearing  of  expensive 
garments,  and  the  same  principle  applies  to  the  stationery  used  in  social 
correspondence,  for  as  a  rule  the  best-bred  persons  are  the  most  careful  to  avoid 
anything  cheap  or  commercial  appearing  in  the  paper  and  envelopes  they  use. 
Showy  and  gaudy  stationery  is  to  be  shuuned  of  course,  but  it  is  easy  to  secure 
appropriate  writing-paper  and  envelopes  by  patronizing  a  store  where  a  specialty 
is  made  of  fashionable  stationery,  and  such  a  store  may  be  found  at  No.  301 
Main  Street,  in  the  Phcenix  Bank  Building,  Mr.  De  Witt  C.  Pond  being 
proprietor.  He  is  a  native  of  Vermont,  has  been  a  member  of  the  Council  for 
two  years;  and  for  six  years  thereafter  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  and 
President  of  the  same  for  two  years  ;  member  of  the  Auditing  Committee  for 
seven  years,  and  Chairman  of  the  same  for  six.  The  business  was  established 
thirty-five  years  ago  by  Messrs.  Gier  6c  Pond,  but  since  1884  has  been  under  the 
sole  control  of  Mr.  Pond.  The  store  occupied  measures  70x30  feet  in  size,  and 
the  finest  line  of  stationery  in  Hartford  will  be  found  here.  Mr.  Pond  deals 
in  books  of  all  kinds,  also  newspapers  and  periodicals.  Employment  is  given 
to  four  polite  assistants,  and  prompt  and  careful  attention  is  thus  secured  to 
every  caller. 

NEWTON,    ROBERTSON    &    CO.,    Dealers    in    Fancy 

Groceries  and  Fruits,  Nos.  338-342  Asylum  Street. — The  standards  of  trade  in 
our  progressive  country  are  constantly  advancing,  and  intelligent  people  now 
demand  much  more  from  the  best  stores  than  was  the  case  even  ten  years  ago. 
An  establishment  which  has  demonstrated  its  ability  to  meet  the  very  best  and 


widest  demands  of  the  trade  in  its  line  is  that  of  Messrs.  Newton,  Robertson  & 
Co.,  dealers  in  fine  groceries  and  fruits,  Nos.  338-342  Asylum  Street,  Hartford. 
The  firm  began  business  at  their  present  store  in  18S6,  and  the  only  change  has 
been  the  admission  of  Mr.  H.  H.  Dickinson  as  a  partner  iu  1893.  The  two 
original  members,  Mr.  J.  P.  Newton  and  Mr.  W.  P.  Robertson  have  had  charge 
of  the  business  from  the  first,  and  their  wide  and  thorough  acquaintance  with 
the  trade  is  demonstrated  by  the  success  which  has  made  this  the  largest  and 
best  store  of  its  kind  in  the  city.  The  firm  occupy  a  handsomely-equipped 
store  building  50  x  100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  are  provided  with  the  most  com- 
plete refrigerating  and  delivery  facilities.  Their  large  trade  requires  eighteen 
regular  employees  and  seven  delivery  teams.  Their  stock  of  fine  family 
groceries  includes  all  the  standard  lines  of  the  very  best  quality  and  at  lowest 
current  prices.  A  very  extensive  business  is  handled  in  foreign  and  domestic 
fruits,  direct  from  the  producers,  and  the  reputation  gained  by  the  house  in 
this  as  well  as  other  lines  is  of  the  very  highest  type.  In  extent  of  stock  and 
trade,  both  wholesale  and  retail,  they  rank  among  the  very  first  in  the  State, 
and  their  facilities  naturally  make  them  able  to  secure  exceptional  bargains  for 
their  patrons.  The  unvarying  high  standard  maintained  and  uniform  liberal 
dealings  fully  explain  the  commanding  position  which  has  been  won  by  this 
well-known  house. 

STEPHEN  MASIyEN,  Monuments,  No.  352  Asylum 
Street. — The  taste  and  appreciation  for  artistic  work  in  all  directions  has  been 
steadily  increasing  during  the  past  few  decades,  and  one  of  the  most  important 
ways  in  which  this  has  been  shown  is  that  of  sculptured  and  monumental  stone 
work.  An  establishment  of  this  kind  which  for  many  years  has  maintained 
the  first  position  at  this  centre. of  the  State  is  that  of  Mr.  Stephen  Maslen,  No. 
352  Asylum  Street.  The  business  was  established  by  Mr.  Maslen  in  1870,  and 
has  been  under  his  charge  without  change  from  the  first.  Complete  and 
modernly-equipped  warerooms,  comprising  two  floors  30  x  125  feet,  are  occupied 
at  the  above  address,  and  the  stone-working  and  carving  shops  in  connection 
are  the  most  extensive  of  their  kind  in  the  State.  Mr.  Maslen  also  owns  and 
operates  a  valuable  quarry  in  Vermont,  and  employs,  all  told,  an  average  of 
sixty  men.  The  extensive  variety  of  monuments  and  gravestones  kept  on 
hand  will  compare  most  favorably  from  the  standpoint  of  art  and  of  price  with 
the  largest  displays  in  cities  like  New  York  and  Boston.  He  can  not  only  fill 
orders  of  this  kind  at  short  notice  and  in  the  most  satisfactory  manner,  but  his 
facilities  also  include  fine  architectural  stone-work,  facades,  entablatures,  etc.; 
in  fact,  everything  in  the  way  of  sculptured  stone,  his  services  being  constantly 
sought  by  leading  architects,  both  for  executing  their  owu  and  to  furnish 
original  designs.  Situated,  as  he  is,  near  the  State  Capitol  (for  which,  by  the 
way,  he  furnished  some  special  aud  beautiful  work),  Mr.  Masleu's  establish- 
ment is  familiar  to  prominent  people  throughout  the  State,  and  fine  specimens 
of  his  workmanship  extend  an  honorable  and  well-earned  fame  to  all  parts  of  it 
as  well  as  to  adjoining  States.  Our  readers  can  rely  upon  obtaining  the  very 
best  service  and  fair  treatment  at  this  leading  and  important  representative  of 
Hartford's  solid  institutions. 


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ASYLUM    STREET. 


promptly  attended  to.  Mr.  Brooks'  figures  will  be  found  uniformly  reasonable 
and  fair.  His  guarantee  of  fine  grade  and  reliable  workmanship  in  every  detail, 
as  well  as  first-class  material,  will  be  found,  as  it  has  been  for  years,  to  stand  for 
the  very  best  standards  in  this  department  of  local  trade. 


AI.LYN    MEMORIAL,    SPRING    GROVE    CEMETERY. 


P.  A.  BROOKS,  Carpenter  and  Builder;  All  Jobbing 
Promptly  Attended  To;  Shop,  No.  114  Grove  Street;  Residence,  No.  366 
Maple  Avenue. —  Hartford  is  renowned  throughout  New  England  and  the 
country  in  general  for  the  exceptionally  fine  character  of  its  public  and  private 
buildings.  It  is,  therefore,  evident  that  it  enjoys  a  superior  line  of  service  in 
this  department.  Among  the  best-known  and  successful  carpenters  and  build- 
ers of  Hartford,  Mr.  P.  A.  Brooks  has  for  the  past  twelve  years  held  a  recog- 
nized place.  Since  1SS2  he  has  carried  this  business  steadily  forward  here,  and 
has  made  it  second  to  none  in  this  section,  either  in  high  standard  of  workman- 
ship or  large  volume  of  trade  executed.  His  well-equipped  shop  at  No.  1 14  Grove 
Street  (30x65  feet)  is  fitted  out  with  every  convenience  and  facility  in  this  line. 
He  employs,  on  the  average,  twenty  reliable  men.  Complete  estimates,  plans 
and  specifications  are  furnished  for  every  kind  of  modern  edifice,  a  specialty 
being  made  of  fine  residences.  He  has  handled  many  important  contracts,  and 
left  the  best  of  evidence  as  to  his  ability  and  skill  on  some  of  the  very  hand- 
somest and  largest  buildings  in  the  city.     Jobbing  and  repair  work  of  all  kinds 


P.  &  J.  BESSE,  Caterers;  French  Pastry,  Confectionery,  Etc.; 
No.  239  Main  Street,  Hartford;  No.  167  Tremont  Street,  Boston;  Telephone 
Connection. — It  would  be  difficult  to  name  a  more  popular  establishment  in  the 
City  of  Hartford,  or  perhaps  one  that  is  quite  as  popular,  as  that  of  Messrs.  P.  & 
J.  Besse,  the  prominent  caterers  of  239  Main  Street.  A  finer  store  is  not  to  be 
found  in  the  city,  and  it  is  a  fitting  container  for  the  superior  and  delicate 
products  of  this  celebrated  firm.  The  Messrs.  Besse  were  born  in  Switzerland, 
but  became  citizens  of  the  United  States  twenty-two  years  ago.  Eleven  years 
since  they  embarked  in  their  present  enterprise  and  have  made  of  it  one  of  the 
most  prosperous  businesses  of  its  kind  in  this  section  of  the  country.  As 
caterers  the3'  have  a  large  and  valuable  patronage  which  comes  largely  from  the 
elite  of  the  city,  and  they  are  prepared  to  furnish  the  most  desirable  menus, 
service,  &c.  for  weddings,  receptions  and  other  private  entertainments.  The 
most  delicious  ice  creams,  both  American  and  French,  are  made  by  the  Messrs. 
Besse,  and  they  are  highly  celebrated  for  their  choice  French  pastry,  confection- 
ery, Sic.  At  their  store  on  Main  Street,  which  is  20x  72  feet  in  dimensions,  thev 
employ  an  average  of  fourteen  assistants,  and  keep  three  delivery  wagons  in 
commissions.  They  have  a  similar  and  equally-popular  establishment  at  No. 
167  Tremont  Street,  Boston. 


P.  S.  AMIDON,  Manufacturer  of  Wire  Door  and  Window- 
Screens,  No.  26  Union  Place. — It  is  a  regrettable  fact  that  insect  life  is  more 
prolific  on  the  sea  coast  and  neighboring  sections  than  in  the  interior,  and  that 
the  winged  portion  of  the  insect  kingdom  is  so  persistent  in  seeking  entrance  to 
our  domiciles.  But  man  has  proved  himself  in  this,  as  in  all  cases  where  he  has 
been  brought  into  conflict  with  nature,  fully  equal  to  the  emergency,  with  the 
result  that  no  one  need  suffer  the  torment  which  flies  aud  mosquitoes  are  capable 
of  inflicting,  save  from  choice.  In  comparatively  recent  years  Yankee  ingenuity 
has  devised  an  effectual  and  practically  permanent  barrier  to  the  ingress  of 
these  ubiquitous  pests,  in  the  shape  of  a  wire  successor  to  the  old-fashioned 
"mosquito  bars."  Everybody  knows  it,  and  nobody  who  cares  for  peace  and 
comfort  has  failed  to  avail  himself  of  it.  But  everybody  in  Hartford  may  not 
know  the  best  place  to  get  their  wire  door  and  window  screens,  and  it  is  our 
purpose  to  tell  them.  At  No.  26  Union  Place  Mr.  F.  S.  Amidou  has  for  the 
past  eleven  years  conducted  a  factory  for  the  manufacture  of  these  indispensable 
adjuncts  to  comfort,  having  moved  there  from  Sheldon  Street  where  he  began  his 
business  in  1S77.  The  premises  occupied  are  in  a  building  30  x  60  feet  in  ground 
measurement,  aud  he  has  additional  room  in  the  rear  for  his  paint  shop  and  other 
purposes.  He  employs  an  average  of  five  hands,  and  turns  out  everything  in 
the  shape  of  door  and  window  screens  at  low  prices. 


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MAGICAI,  DEPOT,  Importers  and  Dealers  in  Magical 
Apparatus  for  Parlor  aud  Stage,  No.  2S4  Asylum  Street,  Room  3,  Second  Floor ; 
Call,  or  send  Stamps  for  Catalogue. — It  is  one  curious  development  of  modern 
science  that  while  it  has  destroyed  most  of  our  faith  in  things  magical  it  has  at 
the  same  time  perfected  our  facilities  for  reproducing  these  old  illusions.  An 
establishment  which  well  illustrates  this  fact  is  the  Magical  Depot  at  No.  284 
Asylum  Street,  Hartford,  with  its  varied  and  extremely-interesting  stock  of 
goods  in  this  line.  The  same  is  by  all  odds  the  largest  and  best  of  this  sort 
between  Boston  and  New  York.  The  house  are  large  importers  and  dealers, 
carrying  a  complete  line  of  magical  apparatus  for  the  parlor  and  stage.  This 
includes  every  kind  of  stage  illusion,  mechanical  automata,  electrical  tricks, 
anti-spiritualistic  wonders,  conjuring  tables,  juggling  apparatus,  ventriloquial 
figures,  novelties,  games  and  handbooks  on  magic.  Entertainments  in  these 
departments  are  also  furnished  for  evening  parties,  schools,  lodges,  etc.,  by 
competent  performers.  The  manager  is  a  well-known  and  thoroughly-reliable 
business  man. 


JOHN  PEPION  &  CO.,  House  and  Sign  Painters;  Paper 
Hanging,  Graining,  Glazing,  Etc. ;  No.  25  Church  Street. — With  the  growth  of 
our  country  and  the  increasing  artistic  development  of  the  people,  interior 
decoration  has  ceased  to  be  looked  upou  as  a  luxury  unattainable  and 
unappreciated  except  by  the  comparatively  few.  Year  by  year  the  demand  is 
greater  for  tasteful  adornment  of  our  homes,  which  all  are  eager  to  beautify  as 
far  as  their  means  will  permit.  The  firm  whose  card  heads  this  article  are 
acknowledged  by  all  who  have  seen  their  work  to  be  in  the  foremost  rank  as 
regards  skill  and  ability.  In  this  connection  we  may  fittingly  call  attention  to 
the  facilities  possessed  by  Messrs.  John  Pepion  &  Co.  for  the  execution  of  all 
orders  for  house  and  sign  painting,  also  paper  hanging,  graining,  glazing,  etc., 
for  such  work  is  done  the  most  cheaply  where  it  is  done  the  most  skillfully,  and 
the  results  attained  by  the  above-named  gentlemen  will  bear  the  closest 
examination  and  the  most  severe  comparison  with  the  work  of  any  competent 
painter,  for  they  use  good  stock,  spare  no  pains  to  apply  it  to  the  best  advantage, 
and  make  no  exorbitant  charges,  their  terms  being  as  low  as  is  consistent  with 
the  methods  employed.  Mr.  John  Pepion  founded  his  present  business  twenty- 
five  years  ago.  Mr.  Pepion  is  a  native  of  Hartford,  and  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Knights  of  Pythias,  Odd  Fellows,  Red  Men,  Firemen's  Benevolent  Society, 
and  other  orders,  and  has  been  an  active  member  and  Foreman  of  the  Volunteer 
Fire  Department,  doing  his  duty  aud  giving  his  services  to  the  citizens  on  many 
occasions.  Mr.  Pepion  owns  fine  business  property  located  at  Nos.  17,  19,  23 
and  25  Church  Street.  No.  25  and  the  yards  of  Nos.  17,  19  and  25  are  utilized 
for  his  own  business,  which  is  very  extensive.  He  deals  in  paints,  oils,  varnishes, 
also  brushes,  glass,  etc.  Employment  is  given  to  twenty  competent  men,  and 
orders  will  be  filled  at  short  notice,  and  we  have  no  hesitation  in  assuring  com- 
plete satisfaction  to  all  who  may  avail  themselves  of  their  service  both  as 
regards  the  quality  of  the  work  and  the  cost  and  merit  of  the  goods  dealt  in. 


MAIN    STREET. 


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BI,AIR  &  COXETER,  Manufacturing  Jewelers ;  Diamond 
Setting,  Repairing;  No.  321  Main  Street.— There  are  many  houses  in  the 
jewelry  trade  that  profess  to  be  manufacturers,  but  there  are  very  few  in  this 
city,  at  least,  which  possess  the  facilities  for  manufacturing,  their  only  title  to 
the  claim  being  based  on  the  fact  that  they  produce  a  few  specialties,  generally 
of  an  unimportant  character.  For  that  reason  the  firm  of  Messrs.  Blair  & 
Coxeter  stand  out  prominently  in  the  jewelry  trade  of  Hartford,  their  opera- 
tions as  manufacturers  being  couducted  on  an  extensive  scale  and  embracing 
a  large  variety  of  goods.  They  give  particular  attention  to  special  work  for 
the  trade,  having  the  best  and  largest  facilities  for  executing  prompt  and  thor- 
oughly satisfactory  work.  The  firm,  which  consists  of  Messrs.  Robert  C.  Blair 
and  William  G.  Coxeter,  was  established  three  years  ago,  and  immediately 
sprang  into  notice  as  conscientious,  capable  and  experienced  manufacturers. 
They  number  among  their  customers  such  houses  as  Messrs.  Hansel,  Sloan  & 
Co.,  Mr.  David  Mayer,  Messrs.  Schmidt  &  Fox,  and  many  others  in  Hartford 
and  other  Connecticut  cities.  They  have  a  finely-equipped  shop  at  No.  321 
Main  Street,  the  space  occupied  being  25  x  60  feet  in  dimensions,  and  they  em- 
ploy an  average  of  four  skilled  assistants.  They  manufacture  everything  in 
the  line  of  jewelry,  and  make  a  specialty  of  fine  work. 


H.  MAERCKI,EIN,  Upholsterer;  Furniture  Made  to  Order, 
and  Repairing  a  Specialty;  Inventor  and  Manufacturer  of  the  " Simplicity " 
Sofa  and  Lounge  Bed;  Nos.  92  to  98  Asylum  Street  (Second  Floor). — It  cannot 
be  denied  that  there  are  many  very  decided  advantages  to  b^  gained  by  placing 
orders  for  any  kind  of  work  in  the  hands  of  thoroughly  reliable  and  experienced 
men,  who  make  a  specialty  of  that  particular  class  of  work.  This  is  especially 
true  of  upholstery,  in  which  the  very  best  results  are  obtained  by  having  your 
work  done  by  a  man  who  is  a  specialist  in  the  line,  such  as  Mr.  H.  Maerckleiu, 
the  well-known  upholsterer  of  Nos.  92  to  98  Asylum  Street.  He  has  been  promi- 
nent in  this  department  of  business  since  the  beginning  of  his  enterprise  here  in 
1872,  and  in  the  intervening  twenty-two  years  he  has  built  up  a  very  large  and 
lucrative  trade  through  his  skill  and  ability.  Mr.  Maerckleiu  is  the  inventor 
and  manufacturer  of  the  celebrated  "Simplicity"  sofa  and  lounge  bed,  which 
has  a  very  large  sale.  His  store  and  workrooms  occupy  a  space  of  40  x  60  feet, 
and  are  well-equipped  with  appliances  and  tools  for  the  prompt  execution  of 
first-class  work.  His  specialties,  besides  those  above  mentioned,  are  the  mak- 
ing of  furniture  to  order  and  repairing.  Mr.  Maerckleiu  has  a  long  experience 
in  first-class  artistic  drapery  work.  All  work  is  done  promptly  and  satisfaction 
is  guaranteed. 


.rETNA  STAMP  WORKS,  No,  25  Asylum  Street.— The 
success  of  the  .Etna  Stamp  Works  in  establishing  a  successful  and  continually- 
growing  business  in  Hartford  demonstrates  their  marked  ability  in  the  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  rubber  stamps  aud  accessories,  cellutypes  (printing  plates 
made  of  celluloid )  and  stereotypes  (type  metal  printing  plates).  The  reasons 
for  this  success  are  long  experience,  skill  and  originality  in  design,  both  in  style 
and  mechanical  combinations  to  produce  desired  results.  When  they  com- 
menced business  they  purchased  all  material  and  machinery  new  and  of  the  most 
recent  aud  improved  designs.  Within  three  years  they  increased  their  facilities 
by  adding  the  largest-made  aud  only  steam-boiler  stamp  machine  in  Hartford. 
To  the  original  intent  of  the  duplicating  of  printers'  type,  borders,  orna- 
ments and  cuts  in  rubber  they  have  added  the  duplication  of  it  in  type  metal, 
and  also  celluloid — which  has  all  the  sharpness  of  electrotypes  and  wears  twice 
as  long.  Ten  years  ago  there  were  only  two  stamp  makers  in  Connecticut. 
Since  then  the  business  has  been  revolutionized.  Now  there  are  four  in  Hartford, 
and  about  every  large  town  has  at  least  one,  composed  usually  of  printers  who 
use  their  type  both  for  printing  aud  stamp  making.  (Printers' type  is  a  soft 
metal,  composed  of  lead,  tin  and  antimony,  and  wears  quickly  when  printed 
from.)  The  ^Etna  Stamp  Works  have  held  firmly  to  the  original  decision  to 
never  use  their  new  type  to  print  from,  and  consequently  they  are  now  the  only 
duplicators  in  Hartford  of  .all  new  printers'  type  never  used  to  print  from. 
However  much  the  standard  quality  of  rubber  stamps  has  generally  deteriorated, 
with  the  new  machinery  and  increased  facilities  it  has  continually  risen  with 
the  .Etna  Stamp  Works,  and  they  now  make  a  better  stamp  than  ever  before 
could  be  obtained  in  the  State. 


R.  S.  PECK  &  CO.,  Printers,  Engravers,  Embossers,  No. 
14  Ford  Street. — The  gradual  extension  of  art  to  the  widest  practical  service  is 
nowhere  more  clearly  seen  than  in  the  printing  and  engraving  trades.  A  house 
which  has  for  some  time  taken  recognized  leadership  in  this  department  of 
local  business  is  that  under  the  management  of  R.  S.  Peck  &  Co.  at  No.  14 
Ford  Street.  It  was  established  in  1S77,  and  first  known  as  the  Star  Printing 
Company.  After  some  minor  changes,  it  passed  under  its  present  energetic 
control  in  1891,  and  much  of  its  progress  has  been  made  since  that  time.  Mr. 
R.  S.  Peck  is  a  native  of  the  State,  aud  a  thorough  master  of  all  matters  relat- 
ing to  printing,  engraving  and  embossing  work.  The  establishment  has  been 
entirely  refitted,  and  is  now  one  of  the  largest  and  best  in  Connecticut.  It 
covers  three  floors  of  a  modern  brick  structure,  50x110  feet  in  dimensions. 
There  are  eight  large  presses,  operated  by  electric  power,  and  the  corps  of  em- 
ployees averages  thirty-five.  Each  department  has  been  carefully  brought  to 
the  best  modern  standard  of  efficiency  and  artistic  thoroughness.  The  finest 
class  of  commercial  and  social  printing  done  in  this  section,  and  equal  to  that 
of  the  best  New  York  houses,  is  handled  here  at  figures  deserving  the  careful 
attention  of  all  our  readers.  Artistic  office  stationery,  cards,  circulars  and  cata- 
logues, also  social  forms,  invitations  and  programmes  are  among  the  specialties 
in  which  the  highest  satisfaction  is  guaranteed.  Special  designs  in  steel  and 
copper-plate,  and  the  most  delicate  embossing  work,  are  executed  in  a  great 
variety  of  styles.  Many  of  our  readers  in  the  central  part  of  the  State  may  not 
be  aware  that  they  can  secure  the  most  refined  aud  artistic  work  in  this  depart- 
ment here  at  home  without  sending  to  New  York,  in  which  case  they  will  do  well 
to  try  the  first-class  facilities  of  this  house,  saviug  thereby  both  time  and  money. 


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CITY    HOSPITAL. 


THE  AI,I,YN  HOUSE  (Robert  Allyn,  Proprietor),  Corner 
Asylum  and  Trumbull  Streets. — No  information  is  of  higher  value  to  the  travel- 
ing public,  and  none  is  more  eagerly  sought,  than  that  relating  to  the  hotels 
afforded  by  the  various  cities  on  their  route.  In  view  of  its  importance  as  the 
capital  city  of  the  State,  and  the  centre  of  great  manufacturing  and  commercial 
interests,  Hartford  always  has  a  large  floating  population,  and  to  those  who 
may  at  any  time  have  occasion  to  visit  the  city  as  well  as  to  those  who 
may  be  permanently  located  here,  and  prefer  the  comforts  and  conveniences  of 
hotel  residence,  some  information  concerning  the  leading  hotel  of  the  city  will 
be  most  welcome.  The  Allyn  House,  the  hotel  referred  to,  is  an  old-established 
and  most  popular  hostelry,  of  which  Mr.  Robert  Allyn  is  the  founder  and  pro- 
prietor. It  is  conducted  ou  the  most  advanced  lines,  and  in  every  department 
the  most  intelligent  care  for  the  comfort  of  guests  is  displayed.  Mr.  Allyn  is 
a  hotel  man  of  ripe  experience,  and  knows  thoroughly  how  to  promote  the 
well-being  and  contentment  of  those  who  live  under  his  roof,  temporarily  or 
permanently.  The  Allyn  House  is  located  at  the  corner  of  Asylum  and  Trum- 
bull Streets,  close  to  the  principal  business  centres  and  but  two  blocks  from  the 
railroad  depots,  horse-cars  to  and  from  which  pass  the  door  of  the  hotel  every 
three  minutes.  The  Allyn  House  is  a  handsome  five-story  building  with  a 
frontage  of  400  feet  ou  Asylum  Street,  and  a  depth  of  500  feet.  It  is  provided 
with  every  modern  convenience,  including  elevators,  electric  light,  telephone 
and  telegraph,  and  is  furnished  in  a  most  comfortable  and  elegant  manner. 
Rooms  may  be  had  singly  or  en  suite,  with  bath  if  desired.  A  fine  new  cafe1  is 
attached,  and  the  dining-room  is  one  of  the  largest  and  handsomest  in  the  city, 
its  dimensions  being  50  x  100  feet.  Fifty  people  are  employed  in  various 
capacities,  and  no  better  or  more  desirable  service  is  to  be  had  in  the  country. 
The  Allyn  House  offers  special  attractions  to  commercial  men,  not  only  on 
account  of  the  excellence  as  a  hotel,  but  because  of  the  special  accommodations 
provided  for  them  in  the  well-appointed  sample  rooms  placed  at  their  disposal. 
The  Allyn  House  rates  are  $3,  #3.50  and  $4  per  day,  according  to  location  of 


N.  B.  BUXI,  &  SON,  Sole  Agents  for  Boynton  Hot-Air 
and  Hot-Water  Furnaces,  Wiuthrop  B  Ranges,  and  Dealers  in  Cooking  Ranges, 
Stoves  and  Tinware  ;  Tin  Roofing,  Job  Work,  Plumbing  and  Gas  Fitting  ;  Nos. 
189  and  191  Main  Street. — In  this  climate  loo  much  attention  cannot  be  given 
to  the  matter  of  the  heating  and  ventilation  of  private  residences  and  public 
buildings.  Such  a  great  advance  has  been  made  in  recent  years  in  the  methods 
and  appliances  for  heating  that  the  problem  has  been  reduced  to  a  very  simple 
proposition,  which  concerns  not  the  question  of  the  desirability  of  heaters  over 
ordinary  stoves,  but  the  best  kind  of  heater  to  employ.  It  requires  very  little 
investigation  to  ascertain  that  the  Boynton  Hot-Air  and  Hot-Water  Heaters 
possess  many  points  which  commend  them  at  once  to  the  house  owner  or  to 
buildiug  contractors.     In  Hartford  these  celebrated  furnaces  are  to  be  found  at 


the  establishment  of  Messrs.  N.  B.  Bull  &  Son,  Nos.  189  and  191  Main  Street, 
who  are  sole  agents  for  the  manufacturers.  This  enterpising  firm  does  a  most 
extensive  business  in  heating  apparatus  of  all  descriptions,  including  cooking 
ranges  and  stoves,  and  they  are  also  large  dealers  in  tinware,  etc.  A  most 
important  part  of  their  business  relates  to  tin  roofing,  job  work,  plumbing  and 
gas  fitting.  They  occupy  four  floors  at  the  above  address,  each  floor  containing 
about  2,  Soo  square  feet  of  space,  or  a  combined  floor  space  of  over  1 1 ,000  square 
feet.  An  average  force  of  sixteen  hands  is  employed  in  the  different  depart- 
ments, and  all  business  is  executed  with  dispatch.  The  business  was  established 
forty  years  ago  by  Mr.  Bassett,  and  after  several  changes  passed  into  the  hands 
of  the  present  proprietors  about  four  years  since.  Mr.  N.  B.  Bull  is  a  native  of 
the  State,  and  his  son,  Mr.  G.  S.  Bull,  was  born  in  Meriden.  They  are  active 
progressive  business  men,  and  the  high  reputation  they  have  attained  has 
been  well  earned.  Messrs.  Bull  &  Son  are  sole  agents  for  the  celebrated 
Winthrop  B  Range  in  all  sizes  and  styles,  which  is  without  a  superior  in  the 
market. 


J.  B.  BURR  &  CO.,  Publishers  and  Printers;  Manufacturers 
of  Memorandum  Books,  Tablets,  Prescription  Blanks. — The  great  secret  of 
commercial  success  is  closely  allied  with  the  scientific  principle  of  natural 
selection,  namely,  in  the  elimination  of  every  feature  not  essential  and  the 
most  complete  adaptation  of  all  the  facilities  at  hand  in  the  given  line  of  trade. 
There  is  no  important  business  house  of  Hartford  which  more  strikingly  illus- 
trates this  great  principle  than  that  of  J.  B.  Burr  &  Co.,  publishers,  printers 
and  manufacturers  of  special  trade  stationery.  Established  in  1S56,  and  carried 
steadily  forward  since  without  interruption,  this  house  necessarily  possesses  a 
familiar  command  and  thorough  acquaintance  with  every  detail  of  this  line 
of  American  trade,  which  would  be  impossible  to  one  with  less  extended  expe- 
rience and  success.  The  main  office  and  workrooms  of  the  company  cover 
two  floors  of  a  modernly-constructed  building  (60  x  100  feet),  and  are  equipped 
with  a  costly  and  thoroughly-perfected  plant  of  steam  presses,  binders,  cutters 
and  similar  machines.  Its  average  working  corps  consists  of  twenty  people, 
and  it  also  has  traveling  salesmen  reaching  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States  as 
well  as  to  Canada.  In  addition  to  its  general  line  of  publishing  and  printing — 
the  same  being  universally  recognized  as  of  the  best  New  England  standard — it 
also  makes  a  special  feature  of  the  manufacture  of  memorandum  books,  tab- 
lets, prescription  blanks  and  similar  trade  stationery.  Its  pads  and  tablets  are 
widely  known  for  their  superior  grade  of  paper,  the  house  using  the  very  best 
in  the  market,  including  the  Faufulas,  Worouoco  bond  in  assorted  colors,  and 
the  finest  quality  of  American  and  imported  linens.  They  also  manufacture  a 
larger  amount  of  prescription  blanks  than  any  other  house  in  New  England, 
their  prices  being  exceptionally  liberal.  Dealers  can  place  the  most  complete 
reliance  on  all  goods  bearing  the  mark  of  this  old  and  leading  house,  and  will 
find  them  unsurpassed  for  quick  and  steady  sales  by  any  in  the  American 
market. 


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ALLYN   HOUSE,    CORNER   ASYLUM    AND   TRUMBULL   STREETS. 


A.  F.  TII/TON,  Merchant  Tailor;  A  Fine  Assortment  of 
Foreign  and  Domestic  Goods;  No.  237  Main  Street. — Though  clothes  do  not 
make  the  man,  there  is  no  doubt  that  wearing  apparel  plays  a  very  conspicuous 
part  in  determining  his  place  in  the  community.  The  well-dressed  man,  no 
matter  what  his  attainments,  possesses  a  very  decided  advantage  over  his  shabby 
brother  iu  every  walk  of  life,  though  the  latter  may  have  qualifications  of  the 
highest  order.  We  are  led  to  the  consideration  of  this  fact  by  noting  the 
results  of  the  sartorial  work  of  Mr.  A.  F.  Tilton,  the  prominent  merchant 
tailor  of  No.  237  Main  Street.  The  most  prosperous  and  the  best-dressed  men 
of  this  city  are  numbered  among  his  customers ;  and,  although  he  has  been 
engaged  iu  the  business  for  only  two  years,  he  has  attracted  and  is  able  to  hold 
the  best  class  of  patronage.  Every  garment  that  comes  from  his  establishment 
is  cut  by  his  own  hand,  aud  it  must  be  admitted  that  there  is  not  a  better  cutter 
in  the  business.  His  finely-fitted  store  contains  a  floor  space  of  about  600 
square  feet,  aud  is  well  adapted  to  the  requirements  of  his  business.  All  the 
work,  save  the  cutting,  is  doue  outside  of  these  premises,  and  only  the  most 
competent  hands  are  employed,  while  promptness  characterizes  the  execution 
of  all  orders.  Mr.  Tilton  always  carries  a  fine  and  varied  assortment  of  foreign 
and  domestic  suitings,  giving  his  customers  the  widest  range  of  choice.  His 
prices  are  very  low,  considering  the  excellence  of  the  work  and  the  superior 
quality  of  the  material  employed. 


F.  R.  CORDlyEY  &  CO.  (Harold  C.  Sears,  Manager)' 
Bankers  and  Brokers,  Phoenix  Bauk  Building;  Telephone  No.  II. — The  rapidity 
with  which  wealth  is  accumulated  in  this  country  is  to  be  accounted  for  by  the 
fact  that  not  only  are  Americans  as  a  class  better  business  men,  and  more  inde- 
fatigable workers  in  every  field  of  industry,  but  that  they  exercise  a  greater 
intelligence  in  the  making  of  investments.  There  is  a  constant  and  ever-in- 
creasing demand  for  good  investment  securities,  and  fortunately  the  facilities 
for  meeting  it  keep  full  pace  with  the  demand.  In  comparatively  recent  vears 
this  demand  has  become  so  marked  in  the  City  of  Hartford  that  old  methods 
of  dealing  through  banking  and  brokerage  firms  in  Boston  and  New  York  have 
become  inadequate,  and  progressive  houses  have  found  it  more  than  expedient 
to  locate  branch  offices  here.  Among  the  most  prominent  of  these  firms  is 
that  of  Messrs.  F.  R.  Cordley  &  Co.,  a  leading  banking  and  brokerage  house  of 
New  York,  Boston  and  Chicago.  Their  headquarters  are  in  Boston,  but  they 
carry  on  operations  iu  the  Stock  Exchanges  of  the  three  cities,  being  members 
of  each.  Their  Hartford  office,  which  is  under  the  able  management  of  Mr. 
Harold  C.  Sears,  is  in  the  Phoenix  Bank  Building,  a  most  convenient  and  cen- 
tral location,  and  is  connected  with  private  wires  direct  to  Boston,  New  York. 
Chicago  and  Philadelphia.  All  commissions  are  promptly  and  faithfully  con- 
ducted on  the  exchanges  of  these  cities  at  the  lowest  rates  allowed  to  be 
charged  by  the  various  boards. 


A.  COHN  &  CO.,  Importers  and  Packers  of  Leaf  Tobacco, 
No.  142  Water  Street,  New  York. — It  is  not  necessary  to  request  our  readers  to 
wade  through  a  mass  of  dry  statistics  in  order  to  demoustrate  the  fact  that  the 
leaf-tobacco  trade  of  this  country  is  one  of  the  largest  of  its  principal  commer- 
cial industries.  Those  who  have  a  taste  for  figures  may  satisfy  themselves  on 
this  point  by  reference  to  readily  accessible  statistics,  while  it  is  unnecessary 
to  remind  those  who  are  familiar  with  the  trade  through  direct  dealings  of  its 
magnitude  and  importance.  It  is  to  the  latter  class  of  readers  that  this  article 
is  particularly  addressed,  its  immediate  purpose  being  to  call  attention  to  the 
facilities  enjoyed  by  the  firm  of  Messrs.  A.  Cohn  &  Co.  This  is  one  of  the 
largest  concerns  in  the  trade,  its  headquarters  being  at  No.  142  Water  Street, 
New  York,  while  it  has  an  important  branch  at  Hartford.  The  firm  was 
organized  in  1869  and  at  once  assumed  a  leading  position  in  the  trade,  not  only 
as  packers  but  as  importers  of  leaf  tobacco.  They  do  a  heavy  business  in 
domestic  and  imported  leaf,  carrying  an  immense  stock  at  their  warehouses  in 
New  York  and  Hartford,  and  shipping  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  The 
Hartford  house  at  No.  231  State  Street  is  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Henry 
Palmer,  one  of  the  best-posted  men  in  the  business.  It  occupies  a  four-story 
building  which  has  a  frontage  of  twenty-five  feet  and  a  depth  of  one  hundred, 
provided  with  every  facility  for  the  prompt  dispatch  of  business.  A  force  of 
twenty-five  men  is  employed  by  the  firm.  Mr.  Palmer  is  an  expert  judge  of 
leaf  tobocco,  having  been  for  many  years  identified  with  the  business,  and  as  a 
buyer  he  has  no  superior. 


RANSOM    N.    FIT£    GERALD,    Commission    Merchant, 

No.  142  State  Street. — A  house  that  contributes  its  full  share  to  the  importance 
of  the  City  of  Hartford  as  a  commercial  centre  is  that  controlled  by  Mr.  Ransom 
N.  Fitz  Gerald,  the  well-known  aud  prosperous  commission  merchant  of  No? 
142  State  Street.  The  history  of  this  house  is  one  of  continuous  growth  from 
the  date  of  its  inception  in  1S72  to  the  present  time,  the  ability  and  energy  that 
have  been  brought  to  bear  in  its  management  being  of  the  character  which 
invariably  achieves  success.  The  original  firm  was  Messrs.  Bronson  S;  Fitz 
Gerald,  but  siuce  1893  it  has  been  conducted  by  Mr.  Fitz  Gerald  alone  and 
with  even  more  marked  success  than  had  previously  attended  its  career.  Mr. 
Fitz  Gerald  does  an  exclusively  wholesale  and  commission  business,  handling 
on  a  large  scale  salt,  salt  fish  and  canned  goods,  poultry,  game,  Connecticut 
River  shad,  and  Block  Island  fish,  making  leading  specialties  of  the  latter.  At 
one  time  the  firm  controlled  over  three-fourths  of  the  Couuecticut  River  shad 
catch ;  but,  owing  to  the  growing  scarcity  of  this  once  plentiful  fish  in  these 
waters,  Mr.  Fitz  Gerald  now  gives  comparatively  little  attention  to  that  branch 
of  trade.  His  business  extends  throughout  New  England,  three  traveling  sales- 
men representing  the  house  on  the  road.  The  establishment  occupies  five 
floors,  each  25  x  125  feet  iu  dimensions,  and  they  are  all  heavily  stocked.  Mr- 
Fitz  Gerald  has  been  a  member  of  the  Common  Council,  and  at  present  is  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners,  is  a  32d  Degree  Mason,  and  is  at 
the  head  of  the  Scottish  Rite  bodies  in  this  city. 


1° 


BUILDING   OF   NATIONAL   MACHINE   CO.    AND   THORNE   TYPE-SETTING   MACHINE   CO. 


FIvORAI,  BAZAAR  (C.  C.  Munsell,  Proprietor).  Cut  Flowers, 
No.  87  Trumbull  Street.— The  business  carried  on  by  Mr.  C.  C.  Munsell,  and 
known  as  the  "Floral  Bazaar,"  at  No.  87  Trumbull  Street,  was  established  in 
1890  by  him.  He  is  a  native  of  this  town  and  served  one  year  in  the  Twenty- 
second  Regiment,  C.  V.,  is  also  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
and  is  well  known  not  only  in  this  section  but  among  florists  and  flower  lovers 
and  gardeners  throughout  the  country,  having  been  in  this  same  kind  of  busi- 
ness for  the  past  twenty  years.  Mr.  Munsell  is  a  dealer  in  cut  flowers,  making 
a  specialty  of  floral  designs.  Choice  seasonable  cut  flowers  can  be  furnished  in 
practically  any  desired  quantities  at  very  short  notice,  together  with  table, 
house  and  church  decorations,  artistic,  appropriate  and  novel  designs  for 
weddings,  balls  and  parties,  funeral  emblems;  and,  in  short,  designs  especially 
adapted  to  any  of  the  innumerable  uses  to  which  flowers  are  now  put.  Mr. 
Munsell  has  the  best  of  facilities,  carries  a  large  and  varied  stock  of  flowers, 
employs  skilled  assistants,  and  has  had  such  experience  as  to  fully  qualify  him  to 
place  his  work  in  competition  with  the  very  best  in  the  land.  Orders  are  filled 
promptly  in  the  latest  styles  and  at  reasonable  prices,  and  a  fairly  comprehensive 
trial  order  will  convince  the  most  skeptical  that  Mr.  Munsell  is  prepared  to 
furnish  a  service  second  to  none  in  the  country.  Choice  singing  birds  and 
cages  can  also  be  bought  here. 


A.  I,.  BREWSTER,  Dealer  in  Cut  Soles,  Leather  and  Find- 
ings, French  and  American  Calfskins,  No.  186  Pearl  Street. — Among  the  oldest 
and  most  reliable  establishments  which  have  built  up  for  Hartford  its  wide 
prestige  as  a  business  centre,  special  attention  is  merited  by  the  large  successful 
trade  conducted  by  Mr.  A.  L.  Brewster  at  No.  186  Pearl  Street. — The  business 
was  established  by  Mr.  Wiley  thirty-five  years  ago,  and  after  a  number  of 
transfers  it  passed  to  its  present  energetic  control  in  1S88.  A  high  standard  of 
reliability  and  enterprise  has  been  maintained  from  the  first.  The  store  prem- 
ises occupied  are  equipped  in  the  most  thorough  manner,  being  26  x  50  feet  in 
general  dimensions.  A  large  first-class  stock  is  kept  on  hand,  including  every 
variety  of  cut  soles,  heels,  taps  and  leather  findings  ;  also  morocco,  kids, 
French  and  American  calfskin  of  the  best  brands  and  at  bottom  prices.  The 
trade  is  chiefly  wholesale  and  retail.  The  facilities  for  prompt  careful  ship- 
ment are  unsurpassed,  and  special  bargains  and  lots  are  constantly  being 
offered  to  the  trade.  Mr.  Brewster  is  a  native  of  this  city,  and  holds  a  well- 
earned  position  among  its  most  careful  and  progressive  merchants.  All 
demands  upon  his  store  and  stock  can  be  met  in  the  most  thorough  and  satis- 
factory manner.  Our  readers  interested  in  this  line  of  trade  should  not  fail  to 
make  a  trial  of  his  facilities,  if  desirous  of  keeping  in  line  with  the  constant 
developments  of  the  market. 


I,.  S.  RISJyEY,  Ph.  G.,  Pharmacist,  No.  385  Capitol  Avenue. 
— It  is  very  natural  that  particular  confidence  should  be  placed  in  a  druggist 
who  is  thoroughly  educated  in  his  business,  for,  although  we  are  happy  to  say 
that  the  large  majority  of  our  Hartford  pharmacists  are  educated,  competent 
and  reliable  men,  still  there  is  a  prevailing  impression  that  he  who  fills  such  a 
responsible  and  exacting  position  as  that  held  by  a  dispenser  of  drugs  and 
medicines  to  the  public  cannot  know  too  much  concerning  the  properties  and 
effects  of  the  agents  he  handles.  Consequently,  the  popularity  of  the  establish- 
ment conducted  by  Mr.  L.  S.  Risley  at  No.  3S5  Capitol  Avenue  is  not  to  be 
wondered  at  in  the  least,  for  Mr.  Risley  is  a  graduate  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy,  and  a  master  of  his  profession.  He  is  a  native  of  Con- 
necticut and  has  been  widely  and  favorably  known  among  the  Hartford 
pharmacists  since  18S9,  founding  his  present  establishment  in  June,  1893.  The 
premises  now  occupied  are  very  attractive  in  appearance,  being  finished  in 
white-china  gloss  painting,  with  white-marble  soda  fountain,  and  mirror 
prescription  counter,  etc.,  and  contain  a  large  and  varied  stock  made  up  of 
drugs,  medicines,  chemicals,  toilet  articles,  and  the  usual  line  of  selected  fancy 
goods  to  be  found  iu  a  druggist's  store.  The  compounding  of  physicians' 
prescriptions  is  given  the  most  careful  personal  attention,  and  some  of  his 
widely-known  specialties  are  Risley 's  Pulmonic  Syrup,  Risley's  Nursery  Powder, 
Risley's  Headache  Powder,  etc.  We  need  hardly  say  that  no  trouble  is  spared 
to  avoid  the  least  possible  error  in  any  department  of  the  business,  while  the 
charges  made  are  very  moderate.  Careful  and  intelligent  assistants  are  employed 
and  polite  attention  is  given  to  every  caller. 


THE  HARTFORD  ENGRAVING  CO.,  Photo  -Engrav- 
ing, Half-Tone  and  Line;  Embossing  Plates;  No.  66  State  Street,  Courant 
Building. — Although  the  art  of  engraving  is  the  growth  of  several  centuries,  its 
greatest  development  has  been  noted  within  the  past  twenty-five  years.  This 
development  is  not  so  much  iu  the  line  of  improvement  in  the  capacity  of  the 
engraver  as  in  the  methods  of  reproduction  now  employed,  the  results  of  which 
are  immensely  superior  to  the  old-style  work,  greatly  as  it  was  admired  in 
its  day.  The  increased  facilities  and  improvement  in  processes  have  greatly 
diminished  the  cost  of  production,  with  the  result  that  engraving  is  now  in 
more  general  use  than  ever  before  in  the  history  of  the  art.  The  convenience 
of  having  close  at  hand  the  facilities  presented  by  a  fully-equipped  establishment 
is  one  that  is  highly  appreciated  by  publishers,  merchants  and  others  to  whom 
quick  work  is  a  necessity.  Formerl)'  those  whose  business  necessitated  the 
employment  of  the  engraver's  assistance  were  compelled  to  go  to  New  York  or 
Boston  to  have  their  orders  executed  ;  now  they  may  have  all  such  work  done 
at  home  as  well,  if  not  better,  by  the  Hartford  Engraving  Company.  This 
concern  at  No.  66  State  Street,  in  the  Courant  Building,  is  complete  in  every 
detail,  and  provided  with  the  most  approved  apparatus  for  photo-engraving, 
half-tone  and  line  work.  This  company  makes  a  specialty  of  producing  fine 
half-tone  plates  on  hard-rolled  copper,  and  all  its  work  is  guaranteed  to  give 
thorough  satisfaction,  while  its  charges  are  as  low  as  those  of  any  New  York 
house  for  work  of  similar  quality.  They  have  a  large  and  competent  force  of 
assistants,  and  all  orders  are  executed  promptly. 


72 


UNITED    STATES    HOTEL    AND    POST    OFFICE,    STATE    STREET. 


FURLONG    &    HOWARD,    Dealers    in   Groceries,    Teas, 

Coffees,  Spices;  Fresh  and  Salt  Meats;  Vegetables  in  their  Season  ;  Nos.  SiS  & 
S22  Main  Street,  Corner  Canton.- — Among  the  old  business  houses  of  this  city, 
which  may  well  be  called  the  corner  stones  upon  which  her  commercial  great- 
ness has  been  reared,  and  to  whose  honorable  record  and  enterprising  manage- 
ment and  business  methods  the  extensive  grocery  trade  of  Hartford  is  largely 
due,  an  important  position  must  be  accorded  to  the  house  of  Messrs  Furlong  & 
Howard.  The  foundation  of  this  extensive  and  prosperous  establishment  was 
laid  thirty  years  ago  by  Messrs.  Douglass  &  Watrous,  who  were  succeeded  by 
various  concerns  until  the  year  18S7,  when  the  present  firm  assumed  control. 
They  have  successfully  continued  the  business  at  the  old  stand,  Nos.  81S  &  822 
Main  Street,  Corner  of  Canton,  where  will  be  found  an  extensive  stock  of  choice 
groceries,  teas,  coffees,  spices,  fresh  and  salt  meats,  and  vegetables  in  their 
season.  The  premises  utilized  by  this  firm  consist  of  a  double  store  60x60  feet 
in  size,  and  the  extensive  retail  trade  of  this  house  requires  the  services  of  six 
competent  clerks,  and  all  orders  are  promptly  attended  to,  and  goods  delivered 
to  any  part  of  the  city.  The  firm  is  composed  of  Mr.  F.  P.  Furlong,  a  native  of 
Hartford,  and  Mr.  D.  C.  Howard,  a  native  of  Connecticut.  The  reputation  of 
this  house  for  enterprise  and  liberality  is  not  excelled  by  any  contemporaneous 
concern  here  or  elsewhere,  while  the  facilities  at  command  of  the  firm  make  it 
one  of  the  most  desirable  houses  in  the  city  with  which  to  establish  pleasant  and 
profitable  relations. 


T.  CRONIN,  Livery,  Hack  and  Boarding  Stables,  No.  12 
Wells  Street. — The  success  that  the  livery  and  boarding  stables  conducted  by  Mr. 
T.  Croniu  and  located  at  No.  12  Wells  Street  have  attained  entitles  them  to 
prominent  mention  among  the  representative  business  concerns  of  Hartford. 
During  the  years  he  has  catered  to  the  people  of  this  city,  Mr.  Cronin  has  per- 
formed the  most  efficient  service,  and  his  is  easily  one  of  the  most  popular 
establishments  of  its  kind  in  Hartford.  Mr.  Cronin  takes  particular  pains  to 
suit  all  customers,  and  his  turnouts  include  some  of  the  most  stylish  rigs,  while 
there  is  no  better  stock  than  the  horses  he  has  on  hire  by  the  hour,  day  or  week. 
Employment  is  given  to  an  efficient  staff  of  assistants,  and  orders  are  filled 
with  the  utmost  promptness  and  care,  such  as  is  not  always  exercised  by  livery- 
men, as  most  of  us  know  to  our  cost.  Mr.  Cronin  recognizes  the  fact  that  to 
attract  and  hold  the  best  class  of  trade  he  must  be  able  to  furnish  the  most 
stylish  turnouts,  and  those  who  are  numbered  among  his  patrons  can  bear 
testimony  to  the  fact  that  he  fully  meets  this  requirement  in  all  cases.  His 
stables  are  conveniently  located  just  off  of  Main  Street,  and  offer  particular 
attractious  to  those  not  having  facilities  of  their  own  who  desire  good  board  for 
their  horses.  The  best  of  care  is  given  to  such  animals,  aud  they  are  provided 
with  comfortable,  well-ventilated  and  clean  quarters,  and  furnished  with  the 
finest  feed.  Mr.  Cronin  makes  the  most  reasonable  charges  for  livery  or 
boarding,  and  can  supply  at  all  hours  any  style  of  vehicle  required,  or  fine 
saddle  horses  if  desired. 


CITIZENS  BUTTER  STORE,  Butter  and  Poultry  Mar- 
ket; Eggs,  Cheese,  Poultry  and  Bakery;  No.  159  Ayslum  Street. — The  average 
housewife  finds  it  a  difficult  matter  to  procure  at  all  times  really  choice  butter, 
or  even  a  fairly-good  grade,  and  this  fact  has  been  the  source  of  more  trouble 
between  buyer  aud  seller  than  all  other  causes  of  disagreement.  It  is  the  same 
with  eggs,  which  too  often  fail  to  sustain  the  reputation  for  freshness  ascribed 
to  them  by  the  seller.  Dealers  who  desire  to  avoid  complaints — and  we  take  it 
that  none  willingly  lay  themselves  liable  in  this  respect — will  consult  their  best 
iuterests  by  securiug  supplies  from  the  Citizens  Butter  Store  (conducted  by  Mr. 
A.  W.  Yates,  the  proprietor),  which  not  only  does  a  very  extensive  retail  trade, 
but  makes  a  specialty  of  supplying  dealers  with  choice  stock  at  low  prices.  It 
is  an  old-established  enterprise,  and  has  long  held  first  place  in  the  estimation 
of  discriminating  buyers.  It  carries  a  line  of  butters  that  is  not  excelled  in 
quality  or  flavor  by  that  of  any  house  in  the  trade,  its  specialties  being  the  cel- 
ebrated East  Grauby  creamery  and  the  widely-reputed  Vermont  creamery 
butters.  It  is  not  excelled  as  a  purveyor  of  fresh  eggs,  its  supplies  being 
obtained  direct  from  farmers,  and  there  is  no  question  as  to  their  freshness. 
This  establishment  also  deals  extensively  in  fine  poultry  and  makes  a  specialty 
of  fresh  fruit.  It  has  also  a  superior  stock  of  cheese  and  is  noted  as  well  for 
the  products  of  its  bakery.  The  Citizens  Butter  Store  is  located  at  No.  159 
Asylum  Street,  where  it  has  large  and  convenient  quarters  and  employs  an 
ample  staff  of  capable  and  obliging  assistants. 


HAI,F-DIME  LUNCH  (D.  M.  Lawlor)  ;  Five  Cents  Each 
for  All  Dishes  Served ;  Prompt  Attention,  No  Waiting;  Open  from  5.30  A.  M. 
to  11  p.m.  ;  Bread  aud  Pastry  All  Home-Made;  Best  Coffee  aud  Tea  a  Specialty  ; 
Everything  Neat  and  Clean  ;  No.  375  Asylum  Street. — In  a  busy,  bustling  com- 
munity like  the  business  section  of  Hartford,  facilities  for  obtaining  a  quick 
lunch  of  wholesome  food  well  prepared  aud  promptly  served  are  a  great  desid- 
eratum, and  whenever  they  are  offered  they  are  sure  to  be  taken  full  advantage 
of.  It  does  not  require  much  keenness  of  perception  to  ascertain  that  the 
"Half-Dime  launch"  fills  a  most  important  need,  for  the  patronage  bestowed 
upon  it  is  such  as  would  overwhelm  any  establishment  not  so  well  equipped  to 
provide  for  it.  The  feature  of  this  popular  lunch  room,  as  its  name  indicates, 
is  that  all  dishes  served  cost  but  five  cents  each,  while  the  bill  of  fare  is  as  long 
and  as  varied  as  that  presented  at  restaurants  where  the  prices  are  four  or  five 
times  higher.  Every  one  receives  prompt  attention  ;  there  is  no  waiting,  and 
everything  is  neat  and  clean.  The  bill  includes  soups  of  all  kinds,  roast  and 
boiled  meats,  stews,  and  in  fact  about  everything  that  the  average  man  could 
want  from  which  to  make  a  selection.  The  place  is  bright  and  attractive,  and 
ample  room  is  provided  for  a  large  number  of  guests,  as  the  luuch  room 
occupies  an  entire  floor,  at  No.  375  Asylum  Street,  the  dimensions  of  which 
are  30  x  50  feet.  It  should  be  promineutly  mentioned  that  the  proprietor,  Mr. 
D.  M.  Lawlor,  makes  a  specialty  of  superior  coffee  and  tea,  and  that  all  bread 
and  pastry  served  are  home-made. 


74 


WASHINGTON    STREET. 


THE  COWXES-COUCH  CO.,  Plumbing  and  Gas- Fitting, 

No.  116  State  Street.— The  earlier  settlers  of  the  Connecticut  Valley,  who 
shivered  through  the  long  winters — longer  in  those  days  than  of  recent  years — 
could  never  in  their  wildest  dreams  of  luxury,  convenience  and  comfort  have 
conceived  of  half  the  many  comforts  now  enjoyed  by  their  descendants,  and 
taken  by  all  in  these  times  as  a  matter  of  course  and  almost  necessity.  Fore- 
most among  the  many  comforts  and  luxuries  of  a  comparatively  few  years' 
standing  may  be  mentioned  the  heating  of  houses,  blocks,  etc.,  by  steam  and 
hot-water  systems.  Among  the  many  boilers  now  in  use  for  heating  by  hot 
water  there  are  none  that  possess  the  qualities  of  durability,  efficiency  and 
economy  in  the  use  of  fuel  to  a  greater  degree  than  the  Gurney  Hot- Water 
Heater.  This  heater  is  sold  and  set  in  place,  connected  with  a  complete  line  of 
pipes  and  radiators,  ready  for  heating  any  size  house  or  block,  and  guaranteed 
to  give  perfect  satisfaction  in  every  respect,  by  The  Cowles-Couch  Co.,  suc- 
cessors to  the  two  old  firms,  The  L.  W.  Cowles  Co.  and  G.  M.  Couch  &  Co., 
both  of  which  firms  are  of  many  years'  standing  in  Hartford.  Mr.  Austin 
Braiuerd,  the  President,  is  one  of  Hartford's  rising  lawyers  and  business  men ; 
Mr.  Benjamin  E.  Cowles,  the  Manager,  has  been  in  the  plumbing,  steam  and 
gas  fitting  business  for  many  years,  and  is  a  man  of  large  experience  in  that  line 
and  a  thoroughly  practical  man  ;  Mr.  George  M.  Couch,  the  Treasurer,  has  had 
many  years  of  practical  experience  in  tin,  sheet-iron  and  copper  work,  as  also 
healing  by  hot  air,  and  is  thoroughly  posted  in  these  branches  of  the  business. 
The  company's  headquarters  are  at  No.  116  State  Street,  where  they  have  a 
store  125  feet  long  and  25  feet  wide  filled  with  a  well-selected  stock  of  goods  in 
their  line.  They  also  have  a  shop  at  No.  40  State  Street  fully  equipped  with 
all  the  latest  tools  and  machines  for  prosecuting  the  several  branches  of  their 
business.  In  addition  to  the  above,  this  company  has  a  branch  store  aud  shop 
at  No.  59  Church  Street,  New  Britain,  Conn.,  which  is  under  the  immediate 
supervision  of  Mr.  Frank  L.  Cowles,  a  man  of  many  years'  practical  experience 
in  plumbing,  steam  and  gas  fitting  in  both  Hartford  and  New  Britain,  and  well 
aud  favorably  known  in  both  places.  This  company  employ  a  large  force  of 
competent  assistants  during  the  season,  and  are  prepared  to  attend  to  all  orders, 
great  or  small,  with  promptness  and  dispatch. 


THE  NATIONAL  MACHINE  CO.  (C.  E.Billings,  Presi- 
dent ;  S.  M.  Bronson,  Treasurer  and  Secretary ;  H.  C.  Baker,  Vice-President 
and  General  Manager),  Mechanical  Engineers,  and  Manufacturers  of  Special 
Machinery  and  Tools,  No.  581  Capitol  Avenue. — The  important  manufacturing 
interests  centered  in  Hartford  embrace  a  number  of  special  lines  connected  with 
the  manufacture  of  the  tools  and  machinery  used  in  the  great  industrial  enter- 
prises located  in  the  city  or  its  vicinity,  the  magnitude  and  scope  of  which  are 
not  exceeded  in  extent  by  those  presented  in  any  other  field  of  industrial 
activity.  Among  the  most  notable  concerns  iu  this  department  is  the  National 
Machine  Company,  whose  business  embraces  every  division  of  mechanical 
engineering  aud  the  manufacture  of  special  machinery  aud  tools.     The  com- 


pany was  incorporated  in  1891,  and  under  the  able  management  of  such  pro- 
gressive men  as  the  President,  Mr.  C.  E.  Billings  ;  the  Treasurer  and  Secretary, 
Mr.  S.  M.  Bronson  ;  Vice-President  and  General  Manager,  Mr.  H.  C.  Baker, 
and  the  Assistant  Secretary,  Mr.  Wm.  F.  Loomis,  has  assumed  a  most  import- 
ant position  among  the  leading  manufacturing  enterprises  of  New  England. 
Notable  among  its  special  "productions  is  the  M.  Gaily  Improved  Universal 
Printing  Press,  nine  of  which  were  exhibited  at  the  Columbian  World's  Fair  in 
Chicago,  and  wereawarded  every  prize.  The  Gaily  Universal  Press  is  one  of  the 
best  for  jobwork  yet  put  on  the  market,  it  being  provided  with  attachments  for 
cutting,  creasing,  embossing,  stamping,  etc.  Further  improvements  are  about 
to  be  added,  patents  for  which  are  now  pending,  and  the  Gaily  Universal  will 
then  be  the  strongest,  fastest  and  most  complete  job  press  ever  produced.  The 
National  Envelope  Company  has  had  specially  built  for  it  by  the  National 
Machine  Company  thirty  wonderful  machines,  whose  capacity  is  about  75,000 
a  day,  or  fully  20,000  more  than  any  other,  doing  the  cutting,  gumming,  count- 
ing aud  separating  into  lots  of  one  hundred.  Another  valuable  device  made  by 
this  company  is  the  Collum  Candy  Cooler,  than  which  there  is  no  more  perfect 
time  and  labor  saving  machine  in  the  market.  Among  other  important  devices 
which  deserve  more  than  passing  notice  is  the  Daimber  Motor,  adapted  to 
marine  or  stationary  use,  and  which  is  one  of  the  cheapest,  most  complete  and 
powerful  motors  to  be  found.  It  is  a  German  invention,  patented  in  this 
country  and  manufactured  by  the  National  Machine  Company.  It  is  made  in 
sizes  from  one  to  twelve  horse-power,  and  there  is  no  heat,  smell  or  smoke 
emitted  by  it.  The  offices  and  shops  of  the  National  Machine  Company  are  at 
No.  581  Capitol  Avenue. 

NEWTON  &  BURNET,  Dealers  in  Best  Quality  of  Meat, 

Poultry,  Game  and  Vegetables;  Fish  and  Oysters  a  Specialty;  Nos.  341  aud  347 
Asylum  Street. — The  firm  of  Newton  &  Burnet  are  widely  known  and  honored 
as  thoroughly  reliable  dealers  in  the  choicest  cuts  of  meats,  etc.,  and  the  goods 
dealt  in  by  the  house  are  guaranteed  fresh,  it  being  their  constant  and  wise 
purpose  to  always  render  full  return  for  value  received.  As  a  result,  though 
the  firm  has  ouly  been  established  about  a  year,  having  succeeded  to  the  busi- 
ness in  1893  (it  having  been  established  in  1S721,  they  have  already  gained  a 
wide  and  increasing  custom  and  au  honorable  name  of  which  any  house  might 
well  feel  proud.  They  occupy  a  store  35  x  90  feet  in  dimensions,  it  being  one 
of  the  largest  in  the  city,  aud  employ  nineteen  clerks.  A  first-class  and  very 
extensive  stock  of  meats,  poultry,  game  and  vegetables  is  constantly  kept  on 
hand  to  supply  the  best  retail  trade,  and  every  exertion  is  made  to  obtain  the 
rarest  and  freshest  goods  at  the  most  moderate  prices.  A  specialty  is  made  of 
fish  and  oysters,  aud  these  commodities  may  always  be  obtained  here  fresh  and 
of  first-class  quality.  Premises  located  at  Nos.  341  and  347  Asylum  Street  are 
utilized,  and  orders  a.e  promptly  filled  and  delivered  at  the  time  promised. 
The  firm  is  composed  of  Messrs.  E.  A.  Newton  and  J.  G.  Burnet  (who  has  been 
connected  with  the  business  nineteen  years),  both  prominent  among  our  most 
enterprising  and  reliable  business  men. 


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CHARTER    OAK    PARK. 


HARTFORD  BUSINESS   COU,EGE  (T.  W.  Hannum 

and   E.  H.  Morse,   Principals  and  Proprietors),  No.  370  Asylum  Street. — The 
supreme  importance  of  a  business  education  needs  but  slight  emphasis  in  these 

practical  days.  It  is  merely  a  question 
of  how  to  secure  the  most  thorough 
and  exact  business  equipment  upon  a 
liberal  and  reliable  basis.  To  those 
considering  this  important  question 
we  can  most  pertinently  suggest  an 
examination  of  the  advantages  afforded  by  that  well-known  institution — the 
Hartford  Business  College,  at  the  corner  of  High  and  Asylum  Streets.  It  has 
now  been  organized  and  successfully  at  work  for  over  eighteen  years,  and  there 
is  not  a  feature  of  modern  business  education  and  practice  which  is  not 
adequately  represented.  It  occupies  commodious  and  attractive  quarters  on  the 
second  floor  of  the  Batterson  Building,  which  are  fitted  up  with  refereuce  to 
practical  work  in  the  more  prominent  fields  of  modern  trade,  with  the  addition 
of  banking,  commission  and  transportation  departments.  The  faculty  is  com- 
posed of  five  well-known  teachers,  and  the  annual  enrollment  is  about  three 
hundred  and  fifty  pupils.  The  scope  of  the  curriculum  includes  both  theory 
and  practice  from  elementary  to  the  most  advanced  branches  of  commercial 
transactions — viz.,  commercial  arithmetic  and  spelling,  penmanship,  book- 
keeping, commercial  law,  actual  business  practice  and  higher  office  work ;  also, 
for  amanuensis  training — and  an  exceptionally  satisfactory  system  of  shorthand 
and  practical  typewriting.  Many  details  of  work  gleaned  from  practical  ex- 
perience are  introduced,  which  are  of  extreme  value  to  the  students  in  this  field. 
An  important  feature  added  in  recent  years  is  that  represented  by  the  Inter- 
national Business  Practice  Association,  which  is  composed  of  the  leading  busi- 
ness colleges  of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  and  by  which  a  system  of  business 
correspondence  involving  features  of  banking,  shipping,  orders,  etc.,  of  great 
practical  value,  has  been  developed  and  carefully  perfected.  The  Hartford 
Business  College  is  the  only  Connecticut  college  enjoying  this  advantage. 
There  are  other  special  features  which  will  be  found  well  worth  the  careful 
attention  of  those  desiring  the  best  results  in  this  line.  The  terms  of  tuition 
have  been  placed  from  the  first  on  a  liberal  basis,  and  the  high  position  now- 
occupied  by  this  institution  has  been  won  as  the  result  of  the  most  thorough 
and  scientific  work  in  this  important  field  of  commercial  progress. 


EDWIN  CRARY,  Apothecary,  Established  1876,  No.  206 
Park  Street,  opposite  Squire  Street. — Should  the  various  mercantile  establish- 
ments located  in  Hartford  and  vicinity  be  mentioned  in  the  order  of  their  com- 
parative usefulness,  that  conducted  by  Mr.  Edwin  Crary  would  be  clearly  entitled 
to  a  leading  position  in  the  list,  for  on  the  whole  no  retail  establishment  is  more 
useful  than  a  well-managed  drug  store,  and  that  of  which  Mr.  Crary  is  pro- 
prietor is  well  managed  in  the  full  seuse  of  the  term.  He  is  a  native  of 
Hartford   and   has  carried    on    his  present  enterprise  since  1S76.      Mr.   Crary 


is  thoroughly  familiar  with  every  detail  of  his  business.  He  employs  two 
competent  clerks;  and,  as  he  gives  personal  attention  to  all  details,  the  service 
is  as  reliable  as  it  is  prompt  and  obliging.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  a 
handsomely-equipped  store  located  at  No.  206  Park  Street,  opposite  Squire 
Street,  where  a  full  assortment  of  drugs,  medicines  and  chemicals  is  constantly 
carried,  enabling  physicians'  prescriptions  to  be  compounded  without  delay. 
Every  facility  is  at  hand  to  insure  absolute  accuracy  in  every  detail  of  this 
department  of  the  business,  and  the  ingredients  used  are  obtained  from  the 
most  reliable  sources,  and  may  be  depended  upon  for  freshness  and  purity. 
Uniformly  moderate  charges  are  made,  and  no  trouble  is  spared  to  fully  main- 
tain the  high  reputation  so  long  held  in  connection  with  the  service.  Mr. 
Crary  deals  in  toilet  articles,  druggists'  sundries  and  other  goods  usually  found 
in  a  first-class  pharmacy,  and  quotes  the  lowest  market  rates  on  all  commodities 
handled.  Mr.  Crary  is  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  also  of  the  Licensed  Pharmacists,  and  the  following  list  of  pro- 
prietary articles  are  a  few  of  many  which  are  manufactured  and  sold  by  him  to 
all  the  druggists  in  the  surrounding  country  as  well  as  to  a  large  retail  trade  : 
Crary's  Cough  Elixir,  Crary's  (small)  Bilious  Pills,  Crary's  Corn  Salve,  Crary's 
Sarsaparilla. 


BIBEAU  &  SCHREPFER,  Bakers  and  Confectioners, 
No.  372  Asylum  Street. — The  food  we  eat  makes  us  largely  what  we  are,  and 
an  ill-nourished  body  seldom  contains  an  alert,  able  mind.  It  is,  therefore,  of 
the  highest  consequence  that  we  exercise  care  in  the  selection  of  food,  and  that 
we  should  be  assured  that  those  from  whom  we  obtain  it  are  worthy  of  the 
confidence  bestowed  upon  them.  No  greater  responsibility  rests  upon  any 
purveyor  of  food  than  that  which  the  baker  must  bear,  and  unless  he  be  a  man 
of  high  integrity  he  is  not  fit  to  be  trusted.  Wholesome  bread  is  one  of  the 
absolute  necessities  of  life,  and  it  is  only  to  be  made  of  the  best  ingredients. 
Be  sure  that  your  baker  is  not  of  the  class  which  uses  spoiled  or  inferior  flour, 
hiding  its  deficiencies  by  employing  chemicals;  and,  to  make  assurance  doubly 
sure,  patronize  only  such  men  as  Messrs.  Bibeau  &  Schrepfer,  whose  standing 
in  the  community  is  of  the  highest,  and  who  are  celebrated  not  only  for  the  ex- 
cellence of  their  bread  and  rolls,  but  for  the  superiority  of  their  cake,  pastry  and 
confectionery.  They  are  extensive  producers  of  all  these,  their  establishment 
being  one  of  the  largest  and  best  of  the  kind  in  the  city.  Their  store  is  at  No. 
372  Asylum  Street,  and  comprises  two  floors  25  x  45  feet  in  dimensions.  The 
large  and  always  fresh  stock  is  composed  of  a  very  choice  assortment  of  plain 
anil  fancy  cakes,  bread,  rolls,  buns,  and,  in  fact,  everything  that  is  made  by  a 
first-class  bakery.  A  specialty  is  made  of  family  and  wedding  supplies,  all 
orders  being  given  prompt  attention.  Messrs.  Bibeau  &  Schrepfer  established 
this  busiuess  in  1892,  and  conduct  both  a  wholesale  and  retail  trade,  employment 
being  giveu  to  nine  experienced  assistants.  In  the  back  of  the  store  are  pleasant 
cafe  and  ice-cream  parlors,  while  the  cream  served  is  unexcelled  for  purity  and 
delicacy  of  flavor.  All  the  goods  used  by  the  firm  are  manufactured  in  their 
own  bakerv,  thus  enabling  them  to  guarantee  satisfaction  in  every  instance. 


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THE  STATES  MACHINE  CO.,  No.  490  Capitol  Avenue. 

— For  securing  the  necessary  supplies  for  steam-power  plants  the  manufacturers 
of  Hartford  and  vicinity  are  fortunate  in  possessing  facilities  that  are  unexcelled 
and  which  have  in  a  measure  contributed  to  the  development  of  the  industrial 
resources  and  enterprises  of  this  section.  Among  the  constructors  of  engines 
and  pump  machinery,  etc.,  a  prominent  place  must  be  given  to  the  States 
Machine  Company,  which  during  the  four  years  it  has  been  located  here  has 
acquired  a  most  extensive  domestic  and  foreign  trade  in  its  specialties,  and  a 
reputation  that  is  the  envy  of  all  competitors.  The  company  manufactures  a 
line  of  special  machinery  which  is  without  a  superior  in  the  market,  and  in 
many  cases  not  approached  by  the  products  of  other  makers.  Their  Worron's 
hi;,'h  speed  compound  engine  and  four  plunger  pumps  are  such  pieces  of 
mechanism.  It  is  a  model  of  perfection,  and  leads  everything  in  the  line  of  the 
latest  improved  engines.  They  have  also  a  wide  celebrity  for  their  Vanderbeek 
Universal  Boring  and  Milling  engine,  which  heads  the  list  of  the  superior  mill 
machinery  manufactured  by  the  company.  They  make  universal  and  plain 
milling  machines  of  heavy,  medium  and  small  sizes,  Vanderbeek's  four-spindle 
drill  press,  circular  and  vertical  milling  attachments,  and  the  "  handy  "  vise. 
They  have  also  introduced  a  self-oiling  countershaft,  with  new  friction  and  self- 
oiling  loose  pulley,  both  of  which  sprung  into  immediate  popularity.  The 
company's  shops  are  most  complete  in  equipment.  The  offices  are  at  No.  490 
Capitol  Avenue. 


ALFRED  T.  RICKER,  Hartford  Moulding  Works; 
Mouldings;  No.  26  Potter  Street. — The  field  of  household  architecture  and 
wood-decoration  is  one  which  moves  with  rapid  advances  along  the  current  of 
our  modern  civilization.  An  establishment  in  touch  with  all  the  latest  im- 
provements and  a  recognized  leader  in  this  line  is  the  Hartford  Moulding 
Works  at  No.  26  Potter  Street,  under  the  able  and  experienced  management  of 
Mr.  Alfred  T.  Ricker.  The  carefully-perfected  facilities  of  many  years  enable 
Mr.  Rjeker  to  afford  a  very  high  grade  of  service  and  goods  at  the  most 
liberal  prices.  The  factory  premises  comprise  S,ooo  square  feet  of  floor  space, 
and  are  equipped  with  the  latest  improved  machinery.  Fourteen  experienced 
workmen  are  employed  on  an  average.  Motive  force  is  supplied  by  a  100 
horse-power  engine  and  125  horse-power  boiler,  with  a  new  and  model  exhaust 
blow-pipe.  These  complete  facilities  are  constantly  engaged  in  meeting  the 
large  demand  for  the  popular  and  reliable  goods  made  here.  Mr.  Ricker 
carries  a  heavy  stock  of  every  sort  of  material  for  inside  work,  with  special 
lines  of  kiln-dried  lumber  of  the  best  quality.  He  guarantees  A  1  reliable 
stock  and  workmanship  on  everything  leaving  these  works.  Special  work  and 
designs  executed  promptly,  and  a  large  variety  of  first-class  mouldings  kept 
always  on  hand.  The  works  are  a  leading  centre  of  supply  for  the  best  con- 
tractors and  builders  in  this  part  of  the  State,  and  are  admirably  adapted  to 
meet  the  most  extensive  and  modern  demands. 


CHARGES  A.  RAPEI/YE,  Pharmacist,  No.  325  Main 
Street. — Although,  perhaps,  by  the  year  2,000  the  use  of  drugs  will  be  out- 
grown, and  the  "faith  cure"  or  some  other  equally  agreeable  means  of  regain- 
ing health  will  have  been  adopted,  the  people  of  to-day  must  make  use  of  the 
methods  of  to-day,  and  these  methods  are  such  that  a  well-appointed  and  well- 
managed  establishment  like  the  one  carried  on  by  Mr.  Charles  A.  Rapelye  is  of 
the  greatest  benefit  to  a  community.  This  enterprise  was  inaugurated  eight 
years  ago  by  the  present  proprietor,  who  is  a  native  of  New  Britain  and  Presi- 
dent of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy.  The  premises  occupied  are  located  at 
No.  325  Main  Street,  and  consist  of  a  finely  fitted-up  store  15  -^60  feet  in  size, 
and  a  large  basement  15  x  30  feet,  while  the  stock  contained  therein  is  both 
large  and  varied,  being  complete  in  every  department  and  comprising  an 
assortment  of  pure  drugs,  medicine  and  chemicals  which  would  not  suffer  by 
comparison  with  the  stock  carried  in  many  a  city  pharmacy  which  ranks  in 
the  first  class.  The  supply  of  druggists'  sundries,  toilet  articles,  etc.,  is  also 
full  and  varied,  but  Mr.  Rapelye  gives  special  attention  to  the  handling  of 
drugs  and  prescriptions,  which  be  offers  at  low  prices  and  short  notice.  He 
gives  employment  to  seven  efficient  assistants,  and  precautions  are  taken  so  as 
to  render  errors  almost  impossible,  so  that  a  large  retail  business  is  done.  In 
view  of  the  facts  already  mentioned,  it  becomes  unnecessary  to  add  that  Mr. 
Rapelye  is  in  a  position  to  quote  the  very  lowest  market  rates. 


KEI/LY  BROS.,  Steam  Stone  Works ;  Dealers  in  All  Kinds 
of  Building,  Cut-Stone  Work  ;  No.  93  Charter  Oak  Avenue.— The  rapid  growth 
of  American  cities  and  the  accompanying  increase  of  wealth,  together  with  a 
desire  for  greater  permanency  in  structures  intended  either  for  residence  or 
business  purposes,  has  made  of  stone  the  most  important  building  material, 
and  brought  the  mason  and  stonecutter  prominently  to  the  front.  The  demand 
for  expert  skill  in  the  fashioning  of  this  universal  material  to  its  purposes 
grows  ever}-  day,  and  none  but  finished  artisans  in  this  line  can  hope  to  acquire 
permanent  success  in  this  field.  The  Messrs.  Kelly  Bros,  are  leading  exponents 
of  the  results  of  special  abilities  and  experience  in  their  business  of  stone  cutters. 
They  are  the  proprietors  of  the  steam  stone  works  at  No.  93  Charter  Oak 
Avenue,  and  have  long  been  prominent  in  this  important  line  of  work.  Their 
saw-room,  which  is  equipped  with  the  most  modern  appliances,  is  25  x  60  feet 
in  size  and  has  a  very  large  capacity.  In  the  rear  are  sheds  and  yards  for  the 
storage  of  rough  and  finished  stone,  etc.,  and  they  always  have  a  heavy  stock 
on  hand,  as  they  are  large  dealers  as  well  as  cutters.  This  stock  includes  all 
kinds  of  building,  cut-stone  work — such  as  house-trimming  and  material  for 
church  and  bridge  work.  They  are  prepared  to  furnish  estimates  on  all  kinds 
of  stonework  and  make  deliveries  at  any  rail  or  water  point.  They  employ  an 
average  of  fifteen  hands,  and  all  orders  are  executed  with  the  utmost  prompt- 
ness. The  firm  consists  of  Mr.  J.  Kelly  and  Mr.  M.  Kelly,  and  their  offices  and 
vards  are  at  above  address. 


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A.  I,.  THOMAS  (Tunnel  Park  Market),  Dealer  in  Meats, 
Vegetables,  Fish  anil  Oysters,  No.  717  Main  Street. — The  average  housekeeper 
will  surely  agree  with  us  when  we  say  that  an  unusual  amount  of  trouble, 
bother  and  time. may  be  saved  by  dealing  with  a  firm  that  fills  orders  just  as 
they  are  given  and  furnishes  goods  which  prove  as  satisfactory  as  if  picked  out 
in  person,  for  it  is  an  open  secret  that  the  reason  why  so  many  persons  take 
the  trouble  to  do  their  own  marketing  iu  person  is  because  they  fear  that  other- 
wise they  will  be  supplied  with  goods  that  other  people  leave  ;  or,  in  other  words, 
those  that  no  experienced  buyer  would  accept  of  his  own  choice.  Without 
stating  whether  or  not  that  fear  is  well  grounded  in  the  majority  of  cases,  we 
can  assure  our  readers  that  there  is  no  foundation  for  it  so  far  as  the  "Tunnel 
Park  Market,"  conducted  by  Mr.  A.  L.  Thomas,  is  concerned,  for  he  makes  a 
specialty  of  furnishing  goods  that  he  believes  will  fully  suit  the  customers 
ordering  them.  It  is  comparatively  easy  to  do  this,  as  he  carries  a  very  large 
and  varied  stock,  including  choice  cuts  of  beef,  mutton,  pork,  smoked  meats, 
poultry,  game,  vegetables,  canned  goods,  fish  and  oysters,  and  keeps  it  con- 
stantly complete  in  every  department.  Premises  are  utilized  measuring  20  x  50 
feet  and  located  at  No.  717  Main  Street.  Mr.  Thomas  established  this  business 
about  three  years  ago.  He  employs  two  competent  assistants  and  utilizes  two 
delivery  wagons,  and  all  orders  are  delivered  promptly.  Mr.  A.  h.  Thomas  is 
a  native  of  Hartford  and  very  well  known.  He  is  ably  assisted  iu  the  manage- 
ment of  the  business  by  Mr.  D.  W.  Thomas. 


JOHN  SI^OANE  &  CO.,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in 

Produce,  Fruit,  Woodenware  Etc.;  Eggs  a  Specialty;  General  Agents  for 
Dutch  Salad  ;  No.  319  Asylum  Street. — The  writer  who  said  that  "children  are 
healthiest  where  the  most  flowers  grow,  and  people  live  longest  where  our 
common  fruits  ripen  best,"  might  have  added  that  the  people  of  that  region 
gave  evidences  of  the  most  refined  and  happy  life  where  foreign  and  domestic 
fruits  found  the  greatest  consumption.  With  the  progress  of  civilization  and 
culture  there  has  necessarily  resulted  an  increased  development  of  the  great 
fruit  industry,  and  the  prosperity  of  the  houses  iu  this  line  are  significant  indices 
of  the  condition  of  the  people.  No  house  has  contributed  more  by  the  procuring 
of  fine  and  rare  fruits  in  the  best  condition  to  supply  the  universal  demand  for 
them  than  the  firm  of  Messrs.  John  Sloane  &  Co.,  and  none  have  enjoyed  a 
more  deserved  success.  The  business  was  established  very  many  years  ago. 
Besides  dealing  in  fruits  they  are  also  dealers  iu  produce,  woodenware,  etc., 
making  a  specialty  of  eggs,  and  being  general  agents  for  Dutch  salad.  The 
speedy  recognition  and  appreciation  which  met  their  enterprising  efforts  testify 
much  better  than  words  can  do  to  the  reliability  and  experienced  wisdom  of 
this  house.  Two  floors  of  a  spacious  warehouse,  30  x  125  feet,  are  taken  up  by 
their  valuable  stock,  and  four  assistants  are  constantly  needed  in  the  transaction 
of  their  extensive  wholesale  and  retail  business,  which  extends  throughout  this 
section,  and  gives  good  promise  of  increasing  yet  more  in  the  future.  The 
premises  occupied  are  located  at  No.  319  Asylum  Street. 


CHARGES  T.  STUART,  Photographist,  Nos.  269  and  271 
Main  Street. — Although  what  we  now  know  as  "photographic  action"  was 
discovered  at  least  two  centuries  ago,  it  was  not  made  the  subject  of  scientific 
study  until  about  1770.  Comparatively  little  progress  was  made  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  art  until  the  last  fifty  years,  and  it  has  remained  for  modern  genius 
to  bring  it  to  a  high  state  of  perfection.  The  photographer  of  to-day  must  be 
a  scientist  and  a  constant  student  of  developments  in  his  profession  if  he 
expects  to  keep  fully  abreast  of  the  times.  It  is  thus  that  Mr.  Charles  T.  Stuart, 
the  well-known  photographist  of  Nos.  269  and  271  Main  Street,  has  gained  his 
eminence  in  the  profession,  and  why  the  products  of  his  studios  possess  merits 
in  truthfulness  of  likeness  to  the  original  and  beauty  of  finish  that  others  find 
it  difficult  if  not  impossible  to  duplicate.  Thirty-five  years  ago  the  establish- 
ment which  he  now  controls  was  founded  by  Mr.  S.  H.  Waite,  who  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Mr.  Stuart  about  fifteen  years  since.  It  has  been  during  this  period 
that  some  of  the  most  remarkable  developments  in  photography  have  occurred  ; 
and  with  the  splendid  facilities  and  equipments  at  his  command,  in  connection 
with  his  large  experience  and  abilities,  Mr.  Stuart  has  more  than  kept  pace 
with  them.  His  studios  occupy  nearly  8,ooo  square  feet  of  space,  and  include 
a  handsome  reception  room,  a  well-appointed  and  finely-equipped  operating 
room,  dark  room,  framing  department,  etc.;  in  all,  four  large  floors  being 
utilized.  Mr.  Stuart  has  a  large  staff  of  assistants,  and  employs  the  most  com- 
petent artists  foi  portrait  paiuting  and  crayon  work. 


BDRBD  W.  CI/ARK,  Manufacturer  of  Rubber  Moulds, 
Presses  and  Tubing  Machinery,  No.  31  Wells  Street.— New  England  enjoys,  as 
a  leading  distinction,  the  credit  of  having  developed  the  use  and  manufacture 
of  rubber  goods  to  a  much  higher  point  than  that  ever  before  attained.  A 
leading  establishment  in  this  department  of  local  and  State  business  has  for 
some  years  been  conducted  by  Mr.  Edred  W.  Clark  at  No.  31  Wells  Street,  as 
manufacturer  of  rubber  moulds,  presses  and  tubing  machinery.  He  estab- 
lished the  business  here  in  1SS1,  and  has  from  the  first  manufactured  a  very 
successful  and  high-grade  class  of  work.  His  works  are  equipped  with  the 
latest  and  best  machinery  in  this  line,  and  he  employs  a  competent  corps  of 
workmen.  His  specialties  are  well  known  to  the  trade,  being  sold  in  all  parts 
of  New  England,  and  also  other  States.  They  are  of  the  very  best  material, 
and  unsurpassed  for  the  purposes  designed,  the  test  of  approval  being  given  by 
prominent  manufacturers  of  rubber  goods.  The  facilities  for  general  repair  of 
machinery  of  this  kind  are  exceptionally  complete.  Mr.  Clark's  prices  will  be 
found  invariably  fair  and  reasonable.  He  guarantees  the  highest  standard  of 
work  and  uniform  satisfaction.  In  these  days  of  unceasing  progress,  the  only 
way  to  secure  first-class  results  is  to  obtain  the  services  of  special  experts,  and 
such,  by  long  experience  and  wide  success,  Mr.  Clark  has  been  most  clearly 
demonstrated  to  be.  Our  readers  can  make  no  mistake  in  entrusting  all  work 
of  this  kind  to  his  care.  Special  orders  handled  with  dispatch,  and  shipped  to 
any  point  without  delay. 


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A.    CATKIN,  Jr.,  Cotton   Broker,  No.   210  Pearl  Street.— 

A  few  years  are  considered  ample  time  in  these  days  for  the  acquirement  of  any 
trade.  Some  people  learn  to  be  skillful  in  a  short  time,  others  do  not;  but  when 
a  man  has  carried  on  a  certain  line  of  business  for  nearly  twenty  years  his 
absolute  proficiency  in  it  is  almost  a  certainty.  This  is  the  case  with  Mr.  A. 
Catlin,  Jr.,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  who  is  a  cotton  broker,  and  has  pursued  his 
present  industry  in  this  city  since  1875.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  supplying 
raw  cotton  to  mills  and  manufacturers,  and  a  carefully  arranged  system  of 
receiving  and  filling  orders  is  in  operation,  and  all  confusion  is  avoided,  car- 
loads or  any  quantity  being  sold  by  sample ;  the  consequence  being  that  all 
orders  are  sure  to  be  delivered  promptly  when  promised.  Mr.  Catlin's  office  is 
located  at  No.  210  Pearl  Street,  and  he  makes  it  his  sole  business  to  see  that 
his  patrons  are  well,  and,  above  all,  honestly,  supplied  with  the  goods  they  have 
ordered  in  the  line  we  have  referred  to.  Mr.  Catlin  is  a  native  of  Connecticut, 
and  has  carried  on  business  in  this  city  long  enough,  and  in  so  honorable  and 
enterprising  a  manner,  as  to  have  gained  a  high  and  well-deserved  reputation 
among  the  manufacturers  in  this  State.  All  orders  are  quickly  attended  to, 
and  care  is  taken  to  give  no  cause  for  complaint. 


MAPES  FORMULA  AND  PERUVIAN  GUANO  CO., 

H.  H.  Stafford,  Manager  Hartford  Office. — Fertilization  of  the  soil  where  such 
exhaustive  crops  as  tobacco  are  grown  was  a  most  serious  consideration  until 
the  introduction  of  Peruvian  guano  and  chemical  fertilizers.  These  have  by 
long  and  thorough  practical  experience  proved  so  completely  efficacious  in 
restoring  the  needed  elements  of  plant  food  to  the  soil,  that  they  have  entirely 
removed  the  difficulty  of  securing  good  continuous  crops  from  the  same  piece 
of  land.  Among  the  largest  producers  of  such  fertilizers  in  this  country  is  the 
Mapes  Formula  and  Peruvian  Guano  Company  of  New  York,  whose  branch 
office  in  Hartford,  under  the  efficient  management  of  Mr.  H.  H.  Stafford,  was 
first  opened  fifteen  years  ago,  and  has  come  to  be  considered  a  headquarters  of 
the  fertilizer  trade  of  this  section.  The  company  does  an  extensive  business  in 
all  parts  of  the  United  States,  Canada,  Mexico,  Central  America,  the  West 
Indies  and  South  America,  and  also  ships  goods  to  Cape  Town,  South  Africa. 
Their  mammoth  works  are  located  at  Newark,  N.  J.,  and  their  central  offices 
are  at  No.  143  Liberty  Street,  the  Central  Building,  New  York  City.  They 
employ  several  hundred  hands  in  their  different  departments.  Prof.  J.  J. 
Mapes  was  the  enlightened  agriculturist  who  first  set  the  world  to  thinking  on 
the  subject  of  enriching  the  soil  scientifically,  and  was  the  founder  of  the  great 
business  that  has  grown  out  of  the  propagation  of  his  ideas.  The  Mapes 
Formula  and  Peruvian  Guano  Company  are  manufacturers  of  the  Mapes  com- 
plete and  special  crop  manures,  high  and  low-grade  super-phosphates,  ground 
bone,  etc.,  and  importers  and  dealers  in  Peruvian  guano,  nitrate  of  soda,  sul- 
phate of  ammonia,  sulphate  and  muriate  of  potash,  etc.  The  President  of  the 
Company  is  Mr.  P.  Van  Zant  Lane,  Mr.  Charles  V.  Mapes  is  Vice-President 
and  General  Manager,  and  the  Treasurer  is  Mr.  Edward  V.  Z.  Lane. 


P.  A.  SYKES,  Fancy  and  Domestic  Baker  and  Confectioner, 
No.  185  Main  Street;  Five-Cent  Lunch  Room;  Orders  Solicited;  Telephone 
Connection. — The  modern  bakery  is  a  very  different  institution  from  the  bake- 
shop  of  a  generation  since,  and  the  methods  employed  are  quite  as  different. 
Baking  has  been  reduced  to  an  exact  science  with  a  very  decided  gain  to  the 
healthfulness  of  the  world  at  large.  Not  only  is  the  bread  of  the  present  day 
better  baked,  but  it  is  composed  of  far  superior  materials  to  those  used  in  the 
kind  our  fathers  used  to  eat.  In  the  improvement  that  has  taken  place  in  these 
respects  during  the  past  forty  years  Mr.  F.  A.  Sykes  has  had  an  active  part.  It 
was  as  long  ago  as  that  that  he  first  embarked  in  the  business,  although  he 
remained  in  Hartford  but  seven  years  after  the  date  of  his  initial  venture.  Six 
years  ago  he  returned  to  Hartford,  having  in  the  meantime  conducted  the  busi- 
ness at  various  other  places,  always  with  success.  He  now  has  a  fine  establish- 
ment here  at  No.  185  Main  Street,  where  the  best  bread  and  the  finest  cake  and 
pastry  are  always  to  be  found.  He  employs  six  hands,  and  has  work  for  two 
teams  in  the  delivering  of  orders.  In  connection  with  the  bakery  Mr.  Sykes 
conducts  a  popular  five-cent  lunch  counter  and  has  a  large  run  of  custom  in 
this  department.  His  products  are  always  in  demand,  for  they  are  of  a  superior 
kind,  and  fully  meet  the  popular  taste. 

MARRIAGE. 

The  wedding  bells  rang  loud  and  long, 

And  this  is  what  they  said  : — 
"There's  nothing  baked  on  earth  can  beat 

Sykes'  Good  Bread." 

HONEYMOON. 

They  billed  and  coo'd  from  morn  'till  night, 

And  through  the  country  sped, 
They  lived  on  love,  and  never  ate 

Sykes'  Good  Bread. 

reality. 

The  Honeymoon  was  over 

And  the  oven  wouldn't  bake, 
The  "  staff  of  life  "  and  sweetmeats 

No  better  than  the  cake. 
Her  Husband  growled  and  scolded, 

For  he  wanted  to  be  fed, 
And  his  wife  must  to  the  grocers 

For  Sykes'  Good  Bread. 


MORAL. 

Young  ladies,  ere  you're  married. 

And  to  the  altar  led, 
Don't  paralyze  your  sweethearts 

With  Home-made  Bread ! 
And  when  you've  signed  the  contract, 

If  these  lines  are  rightly  read, 
You'll  always  ask  your  grocer 

For  Sykes'  Good  Bread. 


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MAIN    STREET,    LOOKING    NORTH    FROM    ASYLUM. 


H.  P.  BROOKS  (Successor  to  Charles  King),  Dealer  in 
Stoves,  Ranges,  Furnaces,  Refrigerators,  Oil  Stoves,  House-Furnishing  Goods ; 
Tin  Roofing  and  Jobbing;  Nos.  497  and  499  Main  Street. — Everybody  wants  to 
have  good  reliable  stoves  and  ranges,  as  the  necessary  service  which  they  per- 
form affects  the  domestic  economy  and  comfort  every  day  in  the  year.  To 
obtain  the  best  it  is  of  course  necessary  to  patronize  only  the  most  reliable  and 
modern  stoves.  None  in  this  section  can  afford  a  better  class  of  service  in  this 
line  than  that  secured  with  the  old  reliable  establishment  now  conducted  by 
Mr.  H.  P.  Brooks  and  located  at  Nos.  497  and  499  Main  Street.  His  stock  is 
unexcelled  anywhere  in  this  city  for  its  large  variety  and  the  genuiue  bargains 
constantly  offered  by  it.  This  successful  business  was  established  sixty-three 
years  ago  by  Messrs.  D.  S.  Brooks  &  Son.  Upon  the  death  of  Mr.  D.  S.  Brooks 
the  business  came  into  the  hands  of  his  son,  Mr.  H.  P.  Brooks,  the  present  pro- 
prietor. Mr.  Brooks  handles  a  large  and  first-class  trade,  every  feature  of  the 
business  being  conducted  with  thorough  and  careful  supervision.  He  employs 
eight  men,  and  the  store  occupied  measures  30 x  150  feet  in  dimensions,  with  a 
basement  of  the  same  size,  and  is  fitted  up  in  the  best  style.  The  stock  includes 
stoves,  ranges,  furnaces,  refrigerators,  oil  stoves,  house-furnishing  goods,  etc., 
together  with  agate  wares  at  both  wholesale  and  retail ;  orders  for  tin  roofing 
and  jobbing  of  all  kinds  will  receive  prompt  attention.  Mr.  Brooks,  senior, 
conducted  the  business  in  a  store  in  the  old  Talcott  Building  two  years  ago. 
The  present  proprietor  bought  out  Charles  King  (engaged  in  the  same  line), 
and  moved  to  his  present  location,  and  retained  Mr.  William  M.  Rogers,  who 
had  been  a  salesman  for  Mr.  King  for  many  years.  The  service  will  be  found 
by  our  readers  to  equal  in  reliability  and  fair  terms  the  best  that  can  be  obtained 
anywhere. 


NO  YES    &   MORRIS,  Die  Sinking,  Drop   Forgings,  Etc., 

No.  134  Sheldon  Street. — The  enterprise  which  has  made  Hartford  a  thriving 
business  centre  has  been  especially  displayed  in  those  lines  connected  with 
machinery  and  mechanical  invention.  A  firm  which  for  the  past  decade  has 
held  a  leading  rank  in  its  department  of  city  and  State  industry  is  that  of 
Messrs.  Noyes  &  Morris  at  No.  134  Sheldon  Street,  manufacturers  of  die-sinking 
and  drop-forging  supplies  of  all  kinds.  The  firm  occupy  a  large  and  modernly- 
equipped  machine  shop  with  the  latest  improved  machinery,  and  a  large  corps 
of  reliable  workmen.  Their  drop-hammers  are  of  very  recent  style  and  the 
most  efficient  of  any  yet  made.  They  carry  a  large  stock  of  special  hardware 
supplies  which  are  sold  at  lowest  wholesale  rates.  They  also  manufacture  to 
special  order,  and  guarantee  in  all  cases  Ai  reliable  goods  and  workmanship. 
The  work  of  this  firm  has  maintained  a  very  high  reputation  and  is  used  by 
prominent  manufacturers  in  all  parts  of  the  State.  Their  facilities  for  special 
repairing  and  machine  work  will  also  be  found  unsurpassed.  No  effort  has  been 
spared  to  place  the  plant  upon  the  very  highest  standard  of  efficiency,  and  the 
large  success  achieved  is  alike  creditable  to  the  firm  and  to  the  city. 


GEORGE  MARCHANT,  Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Har- 
ness, Saddles,  Bridles,  &c. ;  Fine  Carriage  and  Road  Harness  of  the  Best 
Material;  No.  iigj-z  Main  Street. — Every  man  cannot  be  an  expert  judge  of 
the  quality  of  the  goods  he  buys,  but  every  man  can  at  least  exercise  intelligent 
discretion  in  placing  his  orders  with  reputable  dealers,  and  thus  avoid  the  possi- 
bility of  imposition.  In  the  buying  of  harness  it  is  imperative  that  the  dealer 
selected  should  be  one  who  enjoys  a  reputation  for  handling  only  reliable  goods 
at  reasonable  prices.  Such  a  reputation  belongs  to  Mr.  George  Marchaut,  who 
for  the  past  twenty-eight  years  has  been  identified  with  the  harness  and 
saddlery  business  in  Hartford,  of  which  city  he  is  a  native.  His  present  esta- 
blishment at  No.  119K  Main  Street  has  been  in  operation  for  about  a  year,  and 
is  one  of  the  best  patronized  in  the  city.  Buyers  know  that  they  can  always 
rely  upon  Mr.  Marchant's  representations,  and  that  the  goods  they  buy  from 
him  invariably  give  satisfaction.  He  carries  a  select  and  full  stock  of  harness, 
saddles,  bridles,  &c. ,  making  a  specialty  of  fine  road  and  carriage  harness  of 
the  best  materials  and  workmanship.  Harness  of  every  description  is  made  to 
order,  if  desired,  at  low  prices. 


HARTFORD  ONE-PRICE  CLOTHING  COMPANY, 

Manufacturers,  Jobbers  and  Retailers  of  Men's,  Youths'  and  Boys'  Clothing, 
Nos.  114  and  116  Asylum  Street. — Competition  in  the  clothing  trade  is  keener 
than  in  any  other  branch  of  business,  and  the  wonder  is  that,  even  in  spite  of  the 
immense  consumption,  so  many  houses  should  continue  to  thrive.  It  can  only 
be  accounted  for  on  the  hypothesis  that  the  keenness  of  the  competition  has 
resulted  in  a  vast  improvement  in  the  quality  and  workmanship  of  the  goods, 
and  so  brought  about  an  immense  increase  of  their  popularity  with  wearers. 
While  this  may  answer  as  a  general  explanation,  there  is  something  more  than 
this  behind  the  prosperity  of  the  Hartford  One-Price  Clothing  Company,  of 
Nos.  114  and  116  Asylum  Street,  manufacturers,  jobbers  and  retailers  of  men's, 
youths'  and  boys'  clothing.  Experience  and  intelligence  of  the  highest  order 
contribute  to  their  success,  which  is  produced  in  the  first  instance  by  thorough 
reliability.  Every  representation  made  by  this  house  can  be  depended  upon, 
for,  as  they  make  and  handle  none  but  the  best- quality  goods,  they  have  no 
hesitation  in  guaranteeing  their  wearing  properties,  the  quality  of  the  work- 
manship employed  in  their  construction  or  any  other  feature  contributing  to 
their  superiority.  The  Hartford  Clothing  Company  was  organized  in  187S,  and 
consists  of  men  who  have  had  a  large  and  thoroughly  practical. experience  in 
this  line  of  business.  They  have  a  large  and  fine  establishment  of  two  floors, 
each  containing  4,000  square  feet  of  space.  The  store  on  the  main  floor  is  one 
of  the  finest  devoted  to  the  clothing  business,  and  is  brilliantly  lighted  with  arc 
electric  lights.  A  fine  stock  is  attractively  and  conveniently  displayed,  while 
low  prices  govern  the  sale  of  each  article.  An  average  of  six  alert  and 
thoroughly  competent  assistants  is  employed,  and  prompt  and  satisfactory 
service  is  a  feature  of  the  establishment 


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TRAVELERS  INSURANCE  CO.  BUILDING. 


WIUJAM  H.  KEI/SEY  &  CO.,  Merchant  Tailors  and 
Boys'  Outfitters,  No.  251  Main  Street. — Clothing  well  made  from  good  materials 
costs  comparatively  little  nowadays,  and  even  the  poorest  of  us  can  always  ap- 
pear well  dressed.  We  may  go  a  little  further  than  appearances,  however,  and 
always  have  good  clothing,  unexcelled  in  cut,  fit  and  finish,  as  well  as  in  dura- 
bility, if  we  know  where  to  buy  to  the  best  advantage.  This  is  not  a  difficult 
matter  to  ascertain  in  Hartford,  for  the  merchant  tailoring  firm  of  Messrs. 
William  H.  Kelsey  &  Co.  is  so  generally  known  that  no  one  need  be  told  that 
they  offer  the  best  inducements  to  buyers.  It  is  an  old  and  reliable  house,  and 
has  a  most  enviable  reputation  for  the  superior  quality  and  style  of  the  gar- 
ments it  produces.  Mr.  William  H.  Kelsey  founded  the  business  iu  1S52,  sub- 
sequently admitting  his  son,  Mr.  William  H.  Kelsey,  Jr.  to  partnership, 
adopting  the  firm  style  at  present  in  use.  Mr.  Kelsey,  Sr.,  died  in  1891,  after  a 
long  and  honorable  career,  and  the  son  has  since  conducted  the  business  alone 
with  the  same  degree  of  success  and  continued  popularity  as  characterized  the 
efforts  of  the  firm  in  the  past.  His  well-appointed  store  is  located  at  No.  251 
Main  Street,  where  a  floor  space  25x156  feet  is  utilized  for  the  display  of  a 
large  and  choice  stock.  The  departments  consist  of  custom  clothing,  boys' 
outfitters,  gentlemen's  furnishings,  and  girls'  outside  garments. 

H.  FRANK  BECK,  Practical  Plumber,  Steam  and  Gas 
Fitter,  No.  516  Main  Street  (formerly  No.  16  Temple  Street). — We  take  pleasure 
in  calling  attention  to  the  enterprise  conducted  by  Mr.  H.  Frank  Beck,  for  a 
house  that  does  strictly  first-class  plumbing  at  the  lowest  possible  rates,  that 
employs  thoroughly  competent  and  reliable  help,  that  gives  prompt  and  careful 
attention  to  large  and  small  orders,  and  that  does  practical  plumbing  that  is 
practical  in  the  full  sense  of  that  much-abused  word  is  a  decided  benefit  to  a 
community,  and  that  is  just  what  is  done  by  Mr.  Beck.  Operations  were  begun 
about  two  years  ago,  moving  to  the  present  location,  No.  516  Main  Street,  a  few 
months  since.  The  premises  utilized  measure  15  x  50  feet  in  dimensions,  and 
three  skilled  assistants  are  employed.  Orders,  either  in  person  or  by  mail,  will 
receive  prompt  and  satisfactory  attention.  Mr.  Beck  is  also  prepared  to  execute 
orders  for  steam  and  gas  fitting.  The  prices  charged  in  all  departments  of  the 
business  are  very  low,  and  work  will  be  found  to  give  satisfaction  in  every 
respect.     Mr.  Beck  is  a  native  of  Germany  and  very  well  known. 


G.  E.  MYERS,  Druggist  and  Apothecary,  No.  121}^  Main 
Street. — Native  talent  is  more  generally  appreciated  than  that  of  foreign  origin, 
and  the  young  man  who  embarks  in  an}'  line  of  business  iu  the  city  of  his  birth 
is  more  certain  of  prompt  recognition  and  support  than  one  who  is  a  stranger 
in  the  place.  This  is  particularly  true  of  the  druggist,  confidence  in  whom 
springs  from  personal  knowledge  of  the  man,  and  without  such  confidence 
success  is  not  to  be  attained,  or,  at  the  best,  is  a  plant  of  very  short  growth. 
About  a  year  ago  Mr.  G.  E.  Myers  opened  a  pharmacy  in  this  city.  He  is  a 
native  of  Hartford,  and  having  grown  up  iu  the  business,  so  to  speak,  he  knows 


it  thoroughly.  From  the  inception  of  his  enterprise  he  has  received  the  recog- 
nition due  to  energy  and  ability,  and  many  older  druggists  might  well  envy  him 
the  success  he  is  making  in  his  chosen  profession.  He  has  a  fine  store,  18x75 
feet  in  dimensions,  at  121  }4  Main  Street,  among  its  handsome  fixtures  an  elegant 
soda  fountain  holding  a  conspicuous  position.  A  full  stock  of  fresh  drugs  and 
chemicals,  pharmaceutical  preparations,  etc.,  is  carried,  and  prescriptions  are 
compounded  in  a  most  careful  manner.     Low  prices  prevail  in  all  departments. 


E.  M.  SII/I/,  Art  Studies,  Birth  Announcements,  Tally 
Cards,  Invitation  Cards  and  Novelties;  also,  Books,  Periodicals,  and  Circulating 
Library ;  No.  89  Trumbull  Street. — The  business  carried  on  by  Mrs.  E.  M.  Sill 
at  No.  89  Trumbull  Street  was  started  by  this  lady  about  three  years  ago.  Mrs. 
Sill  deals  in  metaphysical  and  occult  literature.  Iu  this  class  of  literature  her 
stock  is  second  to  none  in  the  country.  She  also  carries  a  most  complete  line 
of  all  the  newspapers,  magazines  and  periodicals  of  the  day.  Another  branch 
of  the  business  includes  full  lines  of  art  studies,  birth  announcements,  tally 
cards,  invitation  cards  and  many  novelties  too  numerous  to  mention.  A  very 
popular  feature  of  this  unique  establishment  is  a  flourishing  circulating  library, 
to  which  the  newest  books  are  constantly  being  added.  Mrs.  Sill  employs  a 
competent  assistant,  who  with  herself  make  it  their  constant  study  to  meet  and 
supply  the  wants  of  their  many  customers  and  give  prompt  and  courteous 
attention  to  all,  while  the  prices  quoted  on  all  goods  offered  are  as  low  as  can 
be  found  at  any  place  in  the  city.  Hartford  has  long  needed  an  enterprising 
firm  in  this  line  of  business,  and  this  store,  under  the  management  of  its  able 
proprietress,  seems  destined  to  become  one  of  the  most  popular  and  attractive 
business  houses  in  the  city. 

BUCKLEY  BROS.  &  CO.,  House  Painters,  No.  10  Ford 
Street. — The  advantages  gained  by  placing  orders  for  painting  with  a  responsible 
firm  that  not  only  does  such  work  in  a  first-class  manner,  but  also  at  reasonable 
prices,  are  so  obvious  that  there  is  no  need  of  mentioning  them  iu  detail ;  and 
conclusive  evidence  that  the  people  appreciate  them  is  afforded  by  the  success 
of  the  enterprise  carried  on  by  Messrs.  Buckley  Bros.  &  Co.,  for  they  are 
painters  and  paperhangers,  and  they  do  a  business  so  large  as  to  require  the 
employment  of  fifteen  to  twenty  assistants.  The  enterprise  was  inaugurated 
twenty  years  ago  by  the  present  firm,  which  is  composed  of  W.  O.,  C.  H.  and 
W.  O.  Buckley,  Jr.  The  premises  utilized  are  located  at  No.  10  Ford  Street, 
and  comprise  one  floor  50  x  23  feet  in  dimensions.  A  very  large  trade  is  done, 
all  orders  being  executed  with  neatness  and  dispatch,  and  personal  attention  is 
given  in  every  instance.  Estimates  on  the  exterior  and  interior  painting  and 
decorating  of  houses  will  be  cheerfully  made  on  application,  and  the  facilities 
are  such  that  commissions  can  be  executed  at  short  notice,  all  work  being 
carefully  supervised  and  no  pains  spared  to  attain  the  best  possible  results. 
Messrs.  W.  O.  and  C.  H.  Buckley  are  natives  of  East  Hartford,  and  W.  O.,  Jr., 
of  Hartford.     The  senior  members  of  the  firm  served  iu  the  late  war. 


86 


M.  M.  BACON,  Bottling  Establishment  and  Soda-Water 
Manufactory,  No.  13  Morris  Street. — Few  people  not  directly  connected  with 
the  business  have  anything  like  an  adequate  idea  of  the  vastness  of  the  bottling 
trade  of  this  country,  and  those  who  are  able  to  make  an  approximate  estimate 
of  its  extent  are  surprised  to  find  that  it  reaches  such  enormous  proportions. 
Competition  in  this  line  is  particularly  keen,  but  those  who  make  it  a  practice 
to  handle  none  but  the  best  goods  have  little  difficulty  in  finding  a  ready  market 
for  their  output  at  reasonably  profitable  figures.  Mr.  M.  M.  Bacon  of  this  city 
is  one  of  these.  In  fact,  even  with  his  large  and  fine  facilities,  he  finds  it  diffi- 
cult to  keep  pace  with  the  demand  created  by  the  excellence  of  his  products. 
His  is  one  of  the  oldest  establishments  of  its  kind  in  this  section,  its  inception 
dating  back  to  1845.  Since  1S74  the  business  has  been  in  Mr.  Bacon's  hands, 
and  through  his  enterprise  and  ability  its  extent  and  scope  have  been  enormously 
developed.  His  plant  at  No.  13  Morris  Street  is  one  of  the  best  in  the  business, 
being  fitted  with  the  latest  and  most  improved  bottling  machinery  and  appli- 
ances. He  has  constantly  on  hand  a  superior  stock  of  bottled  ale,  porter, 
cider  and  soda  water,  specialties  being  made  of  tonic,  lemon  and  orange  phos- 
phate and  the  celebrated  Henry  Elias'  prize-medal  bottled  lager  beer.  Special 
attention  is  given  to  bottling  for  families,  and  the  manufacture  of  soda  water  is 
carried  on  on  a  most  extensive  scale.  Mr.  Bacon  employs  an  average  of  twenty 
hands,  and  is  always  in  a  position  to  execute  the  largest  general  or  special 
orders. 


DAVIS  &  FOSTER,  Dealers  in  All  Kinds  of  Meat,  Fish 
and  Vegetables ;  Choice  Family  Groceries ;  Game  in  its  Season ;  Fresh  Country 
Eggs  and  Butter  a  Specialty;  Nos.  308  and  310  Asylum  Street. — The  meat  and 
vegetable  market  at  Nos.  30S  and  310  Asylum  Street  is  very  popular  among 
those  who  appreciate  reliable  goods,  fair  prices  and  careful  service,  for  the 
simple  reason  that  Messrs.  Davis  &  Foster,  its  proprietors,  so  manage  it  that 
all  the  things  we  have  mentioned  are  assured  to  those  who  do  business  at  this 
store.  Mistakes  happen  sometimes  of  course ;  the  saying  is  that  "accidents 
happen  in  the  best-regulated  families,"  and  a  store  is  harder  to  govern  than  the 
biggest  or  worst-regulated  family,  but  no  mistakes  are  made  "on  purpose"  at  this 
place ;  and  when  attention  is  called  to  any  that  happen  to  be  made  they  are 
corrected  if  possible  and  "squared  up,"  anyway.  Messrs.  Davis  &  Foster's 
stock  includes  all  kinds  of  meats,  fish  and  vegetables,  also  choice  family  gro- 
ceries, game  in  its  season,  fresh  country  eggs  and  butter  being  a  specialty  of 
this  house  ;  and  although  they  do  not  accomplish  the  wonderful  feat  of  keeping 
it  "constantly  complete  in  every  department,"  as  some  provision  dealers  do  (or 
at  least  say  they  do),  still  you  are  pretty  sure  to  find  at  their  store  everything 
seasonable  iu  the  way  of  provisions,  and  you  can  depend  upon  having  your 
orders  filled  accurately  and  promptly,  employment  being  given  to  four  compe- 
tent assistants.  Messrs.  Davis  &  Foster  succeeded  Mr.  Alexander  Allen  in 
1893.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  G.  F.  Davis  and  William 
E.  Foster,  both  well  and  favorably  known  throughout  Hartford  and  vicinity. 


G.  &  H.  I.  CONANT   RUBBER   CO.,    Nos.  26  and  28 

Asylum  Street. — As  a  source  of  supply  of  every  description  of  manufactured 
goods,  Hartford  possesses  every  advantage  that  could  be  desired.  Constant 
additions  are  being  made  to  her  already  numerous  and  varied  commercial  en- 
terprises, and  the  facilities  presented  are  equal  if  not  superior  to  those  afforded 
by  other  American  cities  of  her  size.  A  consideration  of  these  facts  are  sug- 
gested by  the  contemplation  of  the  advantages  offered  to  consumers  of  rubber 
goods  of  every  description  by  the  Conant  Rubber  Company  of  this  city,  a  mer- 
cantile concern  of  the  highest  standing,  and  one  with  an  enviable  and  well- 
established  reputation  in  its  particular  field  of  enterprise.  The  Conant  Rubber 
Company  was  organized  eleven  years  ago,  and  is  a  Boston  corporation,  the 
establishment  here  being  a  branch  of  the  parent  concern,  but  one  of  scarcely 
secondary  importance  to  the  original.  The  members  of  the  company  are 
Messrs.  G.  and  H.  I.  Conant,  who  give  close  personal  attention  to  every  detail 
of  the  business.  The  Hartford  store  at  Nos.  26  and  28  Asylum  Street  occupies 
two  floors,  25x60  feet  in  dimensions,  and  carries  an  immense  stock  :of  every 
description  of  rubber  goods  for  domestic,  mechanical  and  scientific  use,  even  a 
partial  enumeratiou  of  which  would  be  impossible  in  the  space  at  our  disposal. 
They  employ  an  average  force  of  five  competent  clerks  and  assistants,  insuring 
the  prompt  execution  of  all  orders  received  either  by  messenger,  mail  or  tele- 
phone. The  business  is  essentially  wholesale  in  character,  though  some  retail- 
ing is  done. 


THE  NEW  YORK  TEA  STORE  (P.  S.  Kennedy,  Pro- 
prietor), Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Teas,  Coffees  and  General  Groceries ; 
Meats,  Poultry  and  Vegetables ;  No.  474  Main  Street,  Corner  Morgan ;  Tele- 
phone Call  132-3. — Were  we  asked  to  name  half  a  dozen  of  the  most  prominent 
grocery  houses  in  this  section,  one  of  the  first  places  we  would  mention  would 
be  that  conducted  by  The  New  York  Tea  Store  (Mr.  P.  S.  Kennedy,  proprietor), 
for  it  was  inaugurated  fully  fifteen  years  ago,  and  has  long  been  looked  upon 
as  a  representative  undertaking  of  its  kind,  both  as  regards  the  methods  em- 
ployed in  its  management  and  its  popularity  throughout  the  community.  The 
proprietor  is  very  well  known  iu  this  section,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Common  Council  for  four  years.  The  premises  utilized  are  located  at  No.  474 
Main  Street,  corner  of  Morgan,  and  measure  100  x  25  feet  in  size,  the  meat 
market  being  in  the  rear  and  finely  equipped  with  ice  boxes,  etc.  Mr.  Kennedy 
is  a  wholesale  and  retail  dealer  in  teas,  coffees,  spices  and  general  groceries ; 
also,  choice  meats,  poultry  and  vegetables.  As  Mr.  Kennedy  buys  in  large 
quantities  he  is  enabled  to  give  his  customers  the  benefit  of  his  experience  and 
buying  by  naming  the  very  lowest  prices  on  all  the  goods  he  handles ;  and  as 
employment  is  given  to  eleven  assistants,  and  fourteen  delivery  wagons  are 
utilized,  orders  are  promptly  filled  and  delivered  at  the  time  promised.  The 
stock  is  as  exceptional  iu  quality  as  it  is  in  magnitude,  and  it  is  generally  con- 
ceded among  consumers  that  goods  obtained  at  this  establishment  are  sure  to 
prove  entirely  satisfactory. 


87 


Dr.  W.   H.   LAW, 

...Dentist,... 


No.     382     MAIN     STREET. 


The  care  of  the  teeth  receives  far  more  attention  at  the  present  time 
than  ever  before  in  the  history  of  the  race,  more  widespread  knowledge  con- 
cerning the  causes  contributing  to  health  and  longevity  having  produced 
this  most  desirable  result.  The  perfection  of  dental  science  is  an  even  greater 
impelling  cause  of  the  enlightenment  of  the  people  as  to  the  high  impor- 
tance of  preserving  the  teeth  ;  and  as  the  efforts  of  all  modern  dentists  are 
directed  towards  restoring  defective  teeth  to  their  normal  usefulness,  rather 
than,  as  was  formerly  the  case,  removing  the  injured  members,  the  result 
cannot  but  be  productive  of  general  healthfulness.  In  this  connection  it  is 
interesting  to  note  the  high  position  in  the  profession  of  dentistry  that  has 
been  attained  by  Dr.  W.  H.  Law  during  the  seventeen  years  he  has  been 
practicing  in  this  city.  Dr.  Law  is  a  graduate  of  the  Baltimore  Dental  College, 
one  of  the  oldest  and  most  thorough  of  such  institutions  in  the  country,  and 
is  a  complete  master  of  both  the  operating  and  mechanical  branches  of  the 
profession.  He  is  a  member  of  the  old  family  of  his  name,  which  came 
from  Scotland  in  182S  and  settled  at  Enfield,  Conn.  Dr.  Law's  office  is  at 
No.  382  Main  Street,  Cheney  Block  (see  opposite  page),  and  consists  of  a 
finely-appointed  reception  room,  and  an  operating  room  equipped  with  the 
most  modern  appliances  of  dentistry. 


THE    NEW    ENGLAND    HOME    PRINTING    CO., 

General  Newspaper,  Book  and  Job  Printers;  Mercantile  Work,  Catalogue  Work, 
Publishers  of  "  The  New  England  Home,"  the  Popular  Family  Weekly  ;  Main 
Office,  No.  302  Asylum  Street. — The  science  and  art  of  printing  since  the  days 
of  old  Ben  Franklin  have  held  an  honored  place  in  New  England  business  life. 
They  have  necessarily  been  intimately  related  to  the  great  advance  made  in 
educational  and  literary  fields.  One  of  the  largest  publishing  and  printing 
houses  of  Connecticut  is  the  New  England  Home  Printing  Company,  whose 
main  office  is  located  at  No.  302  Asylum  Street,  Hartford.  The  company  was 
incorporated  under  present  management  in  1S90,  and  has  met  with  steady 
success  from  the  start.  They  are  the  publishers  of  the  "New  England  Home," 
a  popular  weekly,  with  a  guaranteed  average  circulation  larger  than  any  other 
weekly  newspaper  in  the  State.  Its  literary  and  art-illustrative  standard  is  in 
thorough  keeping  with  the  best  New  England  spirit,  and  it  has  a  large  influence 
throughout  the  New  England  States.  As  a  medium  of  advertisement  there  is 
no  more  effective  way  of  reaching  the  homes  of  the  people.  The  company  are 
also  general  newspaper,  book  and  job  printers,  having  a  complete  modern 
equipment  for  every  class  of  work  in  this  line.  They  occupy  the  second  floor 
of  Boardman  Building,  No.  302  Asylum  Street,  run  by  electric  power,  and  their 
presses  are  kept  in  constant  operation.  A  specialty  is  made  of  catalogue  work, 
and  their  facilities  for  every  sort  of  commercial  printing  are  unexcelled  in  the 
city  or  section.  They  quote  very  liberal  and  attractive  figures  for  the  finest 
grades  of  work. 


E.  TUCKER'S  SONS,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in 
Papers,  Twines  and  Strawboards,  Paper  Bags,  Glue,  Etc.,  No.  100  Trumbull 
Street. — Among  the  substantial  business  houses  which  have  done  most  to  build 
up  and  extend  the  commercial  prestige  of  the  city  that  of  E.  Tucker's  Sons 
deserves  honorable  and  prominent  mention.  It  was  established  in  1849  by  Mr. 
Erastus  Tucker,  and  the  same  general  name  and  management  have  been  pre- 
served from  the  first.  For  a  considerable  period  the  business  has  been  under 
the  sole  management  of  Messrs.  John  D.  Tucker  aud  James  E.  Tucker,  the  son 
and  grandson  of  the  original  proprietor.  A  large  aud  moderuly-equipped  store 
building  is  occupied  at  No.  100  Trumbull  Street,  comprising  three  floors, 
75  x  25  feet  in  dimensions.  A  large  jobbing  trade  is  handled,  extending 
through  this  State  and  Massachusetts,  the  same  requiring  the  employment  of 
six  regular  salesmen.  The  stock  includes  a  full  assortment  of  papers  and  paper 
stock,  twines,  strawboards,  paper  bags,  glue  and  similar  goods  of  the  best 
grades.  The  quality  is  guaranteed  and  the  liberal  prices  of  this  house 
are  equal  to  the  best  in  the  American  market.  Many  leading  manufacturers 
aud  dealers  are  among  the  regular  customers  of  the  house,  aud  it  has  also  a 
large  retail  trade.  It  can  afford  a  range  and  high  standard  of  service  in  all 
matters  bearing  on  this  department  which  will  not  be  equaled  elsewhere  in 
this  section.  Mr.  John  D.  Tucker,  the  surviving  partner,  is  a  veteran  of  the 
Governor's  Foot  Guards,  and  also  a  member  of  the  Hartford  Board  of  Trade. 


88 


MAIN    STREET. 


X,.  N.  WII/EY,  D.  D.S.,  Dental  Rooms,  Nos.  69  Ballerstein 
Building  and  275  Main  Street,  over  Boston  Branch. — The  practice  of  dentistry 
in  the  present  day  calls  into  play  the  highest  abilities  of  the  operator,  for  the 
profession  has  within  comparatively  few  years  made  such  great  progress  that 
even  the  most  advanced  ideas  of  the  last  decade  are  antiquated  and  valueless  to 
the  practitioner  of  to-day.  Dental  surgery  is  a  term  conveying  but  an  inadequate 
idea  to  the  lay  mind  of  the  scope  and  importance  of  this  field  of  professional 
endeavor,  but  its  results  are  so  marked  in  comparison  with  those  achieved  in 
former  years  as  to  leave  no  doubt  as  to  the  advancement  made.  There  is  in 
Hartford  probably  a  no  more  advanced  exponent  of  modern  dentistry  than  Dr. 
L.  N.  Wiley,  who  holds  a  leading  and  well-deserved  position  among  doctors  of 
dental  surgery  in  this  city.  He  is  a  native  of  Hartford  and  a  young  man  of  the 
most  sterling  character  and  high  attainments.  He  has  had  a  most  valuable 
experience  in  the  offices  of  such  celebrated  dentists  as  Drs.  Fanning  and 
Hitchcock  of  this  city,  and  is  a  graduate  of  one  of  the  best  schools  of  dental 
surgery  in  the  country — the  Philadelphia  Dental  College — having  also  taken  a 
two-years'  course  in  the  Medico-Chirurgical  Hospital  of  that  city.  Although  at 
the  time  he  embarked  in  business  here,  four  years  ago,  Hartford  already  had 
the  service  of  between  twenty-five  and  thirty  dentists,  all  of  more  or  less  note, 
his  abilities  received  immediate  recognition,  and  he  at  once  entered  on  a  large 
and  lucrative  practice.  Dr.  Wiley  has  very  tastefully  fitted-up  rooms  in  the 
Ballerstein  Building,  which  are  supplied  with  the  latest  aud  most  valuable 
appliances  of  his  profession. 


H.  W.  CONKUN,  Insurance  and  Real-Estate  Agent,  No.  9 
Central  Row. — One  of  the  most  active  and  best  known  of  Hartford's  business 
men  is  Mr.  H.  W.  Conklin,  whose  office  is  at  No.  9  Central  Row,  aud  who  is  in 
a  position  to  reuder  valuable  assistance  to  those  wishing  to  buy,  sell,  exchange 
or  rent  real  estate,  or  to  place  fire  insurance  in  large  or  small  amounts.  Mr. 
Conklin  is  thoroughly  well  informed  concerning  real  estate  in  Hartford  and 
vicinity,  and  he  always  has  on  his  books  a  great  variety  of  desirable  property 
of  that  kind,  so  that  time  aud  trouble  may  be  saved  by  making  use  of  the 
facilities  he  offers.  An  extensive  insurance  business  is  also  done,  it  including 
the  writing  of  policies  on  dwelling  houses,  stables,  factories,  stores  and  buildings 
in  general,  the  following  leading  companies  being  represented:  Atlas,  of  London; 
North  American,  of  Boston;  Mercantile  Fire  &  Marine  Insurance  Co.;  Granite 
State  Fire  Insurance  Co.,  of  New  Hampshire;  Agricultural,  of  Waterbury,  Conn.; 
Norwich  Union,  of  England  ;  Merchants,  of  Providence,  etc.  Mr.  Conklin  estab- 
lished this  business  thirty-five  years  ago.  He  is  very  widely  and  favorably 
known  throughout  Hartford  and  vicinity  in  both  real-estate  and  insurance 
business  circles.  Mr.  Conklin  thoroughly  understands  the  principles  underly- 
ing insurance,  is  well  informed  on  financial  methods,  and  hence  is  well  qualified 
to  explain  the  several  policies  issued  by  the  companies  he  represents,  to  judge 
as  to  which  is  best  suited  to  individual  cases,  and  to  make  the  reasons  for  his 
judgments  clear  to  those  affected  thereby. 


Ransom    N.   Fitz  Gerald,  EsTABMSHED  l872' 

Wholesale  and 
- — ....^"'''"'J     ""Commission  Merchant, 

Salt,  Salt-Fish  and  Canned  Goods,  Poultry,  Game,  Connecticut 
River  Shad  and  Block  Island  Fish  Specialties. 

No.  142  STATE  STREET 


GALI/UP  &  MET2GER,  Pianos,  Organs,  Sheet  Music 
and  Musical  Merchandise,  Nos.  201,  203  and  205  Asylum  Street,  Corner 
Haynes. — There  is  not  as  much  difference  in  pianos  as  in  the  dealers  who 
handle  them,  but  unfortunately  the  buyer  seldom  ascertains  this  fact  until  after 
the  transaction  is  completed,  and  he  then  has  an  experience  that  is  of  little  use 
to  him  thereafter.  It  should  not  be  inferred,  aud  of  course  nobody  believes, 
that  all  pianos  are  alike  in  tone  and  other  essential  qualities,  any  more  than 
that  all  dealers  are  disposed  to  consult  the  interests  of  the  buyer  equally  with 
their  own.  But  as  few  people  buy  more  than  one  piano  in  a  life-time,  and  the 
purchase  is  oue  that  involves  a  considerable  money  outlay,  it  is  desirable  that 
they  should  make  it  where  they  may  be  sure  that  they  will  not  be  imposed 
upon  in  the  slightest  particular.  Messrs.  Gallup  &  Metzger  have  the  reputa- 
tion of  being  most  straightforward  and  reliable  dealers.  They  handle  none 
but  the  best  makes,  and  can  therefore  conscientiously  recommend  the  instru- 
ments they  sell  in  the  full  assurance  that  they  will  turn  out  to  be  exactly  as 
represented.  The  firm  began  business  herein  1881,  and  has  acquired  a  large 
and  valuable  trade  iu  pianos,  organs,  sheet  music  and  musical  merchandise 
generally.  Their  establishment  is  at  Nos.  201,  203  aud  205  Asylum  Street,  and 
is  one  of  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  State.  Two  large  floors,  40  x  80  feet  in 
dimensions,  are  occupied,  and  a  large  and  most  valuable  stock  is  carried. 
They  make  a  leading  specialty  of  the  celebrated  Knabe  pianos,  and  also 
handle  extensively  the  fine  instruments  bearing  the  name  of  Vose,  Pease  aud 
other  leading  makers.  They  also  sell  the  Estey  Vocalian  organ,  oue  of  the 
finest  instruments  of  its  kind  in  the  market.  Their  stock  of  sheet-music  is  the 
largest  and  best  outside  of  New  York  or  Boston.  Messrs.  Gallup  &  Metzger 
are  also  sole  agents  for  the  Electric  Piano,  a  new  aud  unique  instrument  that  is 
acquiring  great  popularity.  They  are  the  only  house  in  the  State  .handling 
church  orgaus.  Their  business  is  both  wholesale  and  retail  in  character,  and 
they  require  the  services  of  a  strong  force  of  clerks,  including  ;a_number  of 
traveling  salesmen. 


90 


ASYLUM    STREET. 


SCHMIDT  &  FOX,  Watches,  Diamonds  and  Jewelry,  No. 
19  Pearl  Street,  near  Main. — Although  one  of  the  most  prominent  character- 
istics of  the  establishment  conducted  by  Messrs.  Schmidt  &  Fox  is  its  reliability, 
it  would  be  incorrect  to  offer  this  as  the  explanation  of  the  great  popularity  the 
store  enjoys,  for  many  other  reliable  jewelry  stores  can  be  found  in  the  city  ; 
but  the  truth  of  the  matter  is  the  public  like  to  do  business  with  a  firm  that  is 
not  only  reliable  but  enterprising  ;  that  not  only  gives  full  value  for  money 
received,  but  gives  its  patrons  an  opportuuity  to  choose  from  the  very  latest 
fashionable  novelties  in  all  the  various  lines  of  goods  it  handles.  The  business 
carried  on  by  Messrs.  Schmidt  &  Fox  was  founded  in  1SS8  by  Mr.  Schmidt,  the 
present  firm  being  formed  in  1S91.  The  partners  are  Messrs.  A.  H.  Schmidt,  a 
native  of  Germany,  and  Jacob  Fox,  of  Hungary.  Premises  located  at  No.  19  Pearl 
Street  are  occupied  and  very  completely  fitted  up,  the  stock  of  watches, 
diamonds,  jewelry,  etc.,  being  displayed  to  excellent  advantage.  Every 
facility  is  at  hand  for  the  repairing  of  watches,  jewelry,  etc.,  in  a  superior 
manner  ;  and,  as  employment  is  given  to  a  competent  assistant,  orders  can  be 
filled  without  delay.  Moderate  prices  are  quoted  in  every  department  of  the 
business,  and  no  trouble  is  spared  to  thoroughly  satisfy  every  customer. 


JAMES  AHERN,  Plumbers',  Steam  and  Gas-Fitters' 
Supplies;  Gas  and  Electric  Light  Fixtures;  Electric  Light  Supplies;  Construc- 
tion Work  for  All  Systems ;  Electric  Lighting,  Plumbing,  Steam  and  Gas 
Fitting;  Also,  Hot-Water  Heating;  No.  2S0  Asylum  Street. — The  establishment 
of  Mr.  James  Ahem,  situated  at  No.  2S0  Asylum  Street,  is  probably  one  of  the 
finest  and  most  completely  stocked  of  any  of  its  kind  in  New  England,  and  is 
the  headquarters  of  a  very  extensive  business.  Mr.  Ahern  began  business  in 
Hartford  in  186S,  locating  himself  at  No.  272  Main  Street,  where  he  remained 
until  May  1,  1882,  when  the  demands  of  his  growing  business  compelled  his 
removal  to  the  elegant  and  roomy  premises  he  now  occupies.  The  volume  of 
business  transacted  by  Mr.  Ahern  requires  the  assistance  of  from  thirty  to  forty-five 
workmen,  the  latter  number  being  largely  augmented  in  the  busy  season.  The 
premises  occupied  by  this  business  consist  of  a  lofty  ceiled  store  and  workshop, 
extending  from  Asylum  Street  through  to  a  small  street  in  the  rear,  where  all 
goods  are  received  and  shipped.  The  store,  including  the  workshop,  has  a 
frontage  of  twenty-five  feet  by  a  depth  of  ninety  feet,  and  is  stocked  with  a  full 
line  of  plumbers'  and  gas-fitters'  materials,  pipe,  fixtures,  etc.,  besides  a  large 
and  elegant  assortment  of  the  latest  designs  in  gas  fixtures  from  the  manufactory 
of  Mitchell,  Vance  &  Co.  of  New  York,  for  which  house  Mr.  Ahern  is  sole 
agent  in  Hartford  Count)'.  One  room  is  fitted  up  to  show  patrons — -architects, 
builders,  house  owners,  and  those  intending  to  become  house  owners — the  latest 
improvements  in  scientific  sanitary  plumbing.  The  art  has  now  reached  such 
a  point  of  perfection  that  every  fixture — every  closet — is  self-ventilating,  and  it 
is  impossible  for  bad  and  noxious  odors  to  escape  into  the  room.  It  is  a  liberal 
education  in  scientific  plumbing  merely  to  go  into  this  room  and  look  about. 
In  adjoining  rooms  are  displayed  all  appliances  for  electric  and  for  gas  lighting. 


In  the  workshop — a  model  of  its  kind — there  is  to  be  found  everything  in  the 
way  of  materials  and  tools  that  is  required  for  any  part  of  the  plumbers'  and 
gas-fitters'  business.  Neatly  arranged  along  the  sides  are  numberless  compart- 
ment-shelves, containing  every  kind  and  size  of  fittings  for  gas  and  water  known 
to  the  trade,  while  on  the  benches  may  be  found  a  complete  assortment  of  fine 
tools  of  ever}'  description  used  in  the  business.  In  the  centre  of  the  shop 
stands  a  machine  driven  by  steam  power,  and  used  for  cutting  and  threading 
iron  pipe.  This  machine  saves  much  time  and  labor,  and  is  so  absolutely 
accurate  in  its  operation  that  the  tightness  of  the  joints  made  by  it  can  be  relied 
on  with  perfect  assurance.  In  the  basement  there  are  stored  immense  quan- 
tities of  cast  and  wrought  iron  pipe,  fittings,  etc.,  and  there  is  no  contract  so 
large  or  varied  in  its  nature  that  Mr.  Ahern  is  not  prepared  to  fill  from  his 
immediate  stock.  The  trade  of  this  house  is  not  confined  to  Hartford,  but 
extends  to  other  portions  of  the  State,  many  of  the  finer  residences  outside  the 
city  having  been  fitted  by  Mr.  Ahern.  This  extent  of  business  is  due  in  great 
measure  to  the  fact  that  Mr.  Ahern  is  one  of  the  few  in  his  line  not  content  with 
being  merely  a  "practical  "  workman,  but  who  has  studied  the  scientific  aspects 
of  the  trade  to  such  advantage  and  with  such  earnestness  of  purpose  that  he  is 
recognized  not  only  as  the  leading  plumber  in  Hartford,  but  as  a  scientific  sani- 
tarian who  uses  his  knowledge  in  his  work  and  for  his  customers'  benefit.  Mr. 
Ahern,  although  not  a  native  of  America,  can  be  justly  regarded  as  a  represen- 
tative American,  having  lived  in  this  country  since  his  boyhood,  most  of  the 
time  in  Hartford,  where  he  has  won  for  himself  an  enviable  place  among  the 
business  fraternity  and  the  good-will  of  a  great  number  of  personal  friends  and 
acquaintances.  He  is  a  progressive  businessman,  a  desirable  citizen,  and  enjoys 
the  very  honorable  distinction  of  being  a  "self-made  man." 


AI/EEN  BROTHERS,  Dealers  in  Choice  Groceries,  Fruits, 
Etc.,  No.  132  Main  Street,  Corner  Sheldon. — The  stock  carried  at  the  establish- 
ment conducted  by  Messrs.  Allen  Brothers  can  hardly  be  better  described  than 
by  the  single  word  "  clean, "  for  this  is  the  trade  term  for  any  assortment  of 
goods  which  contains  nothing  unsalable  or  superfluous,  and  that  is  just  the 
condition  of  the  stock  to  which  we  have  reference.  Not  that  it  is  small  and 
without  variety ;  on  the  contrary,  it  comprises  full  lines  of  staple  and  fancy 
groceries,  fruits,  eggs,  etc.,  which  are  offered  at  low  prices.  The  business  was 
established  in  1SS0  by  the  present  proprietors,  Messrs.  A.  L.  and  I.  W.  Allen, 
who  are  natives  of  this  State.  They  give  employment  to  five  competent  assist- 
ants, who  assure  all  callers  prompt  attention.  All  orders  are  promptly  and 
carefully  filled  and  delivered  quickly.  The  premises  occupied  are  25  x  60  feet 
in  dimensions,  and  consist  of  a  fine  store,  with  storeroom  in  the  rear.  Messrs. 
Allen  Brothers  cater  to  the  best  class  of  trade,  and  the  quality  of  every  article 
sold,  whether  it  be  a  barrel  of  flour  or  a  yeastcake,  is  guaranteed  to  prove 
exactly  as  represented,  and  it  is  owing  to  the  faithful  carrying  out  of  this  policy 
from  the  first  that  this  establishment  stands  so  high  in  the  confidence  of  the 
public. 


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JAMES  MUIyHAI/L,  Real  Estate  Broker  and  Appraiser, 
No.  29  Pearl  Street,  Second  Floor,  Room  No.  1. — Among  the  many  real-estate 
brokers  and  appraisers  in  this  vicinity  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  highly 
respected  is  Mr.  James  Mulhall.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  Hartford  for  the 
past  fort)-  years,  and  established  his  present  business  some  eighteen  years  ago. 
Mr.  Mulhall  occupies  an  office  at  No.  29  Pearl  Street,  Room  No.  1,  where  he 
is  prepared  to  transact  any  dealings  in  the  real-estate  brokerage  and  appraising 
line  at  as  moderate  rates  as  any  agent  in  the  neighborhood.  His  intimate 
knowledge  of  the  value  of  property  in  this  section  of  the  State  makes  his 
advice  of  the  utmost  value  to  all  persons  desiring  real  estate,  and  who  have 
little  or  no  opportunity  to  study  into  the  details  of  this  complex  business.  Mr. 
Mulhall  is  agent  for  many  banks,  and  also  the  State  School  Fund,  in  Hartford. 
He  gives  special  attention  to  renting  and  collecting  rents  on  real  estate ;  all 
business  in  this  line  entrusted  to  him  being  promptly  and  faithfully  attended 
to.  Mr.  Mulhall  is  very  well  known  throughout  Hartford  and  vicinity,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  old  Fire  Department.  His  business  has  steadily  developed 
under  the  stimulus  afforded  by  hard,  intelligent  and  persevering  work  and  con- 
stant devotion  to  the  interests  of  his  clients;  and  those  wishing  to  consult 
with  Mr.  Mulhall  in  a  professional  way  will  find  him  courteously  ready. 


PREISSNER  BROTHERS,  Cake  and  Bread  Bakery,  No. 
59  Sheldon  Street. — We  are  desirous  of  calling  the  attention  of  our  readers  to 
the  well-known  bakery  located  at  No.  59  Sheldon  Street,  Hartford,  which  has 
been  from  its  inception  successful  in  building  up  an  extensive  trade  in  bread, 
cake  and  pastry.  This  establishment  was  started  in  1S91  by  its  present  pro- 
prietors, the  Messrs.  Preissner  Brothers.  Both  members,  John  and  August,  are 
natives  of  Germany,  and  members  of  St.  Stephen's  Benefit  Society.  The  store 
occupied  is  25  x  25  feet  in  dimensions,  is  fully  equipped  with  all  the  necessary 
requirements  for  the  successful  conduct  of  the  business,  the  extent  of  which 
gives  employment  to  thoroughly  experienced  assistants.  These  gentlemen 
carry  a  fine  stock  in  all  branches  of  their  business,  and  are  prepared  to  supply 
customers  at  short  notice  with  any  goods  in  their  line,  and  perfect  satisfaction 
is  guaranteed  both  as  to  quality  and  price.  This  establishment  is  largely  pat- 
ronized by  families  throughout  the  town  who  appreciate  first-class  bread,  cake 
and  pastry  of  all  kinds.  Preissner  Brothers  are  well  known  throughout  Hart- 
ford and  vicinity.  They  are  men  of  excellent  business  qualifications,  and  in 
their  special  line  offer  inducements  to  purchasers  not  easily  duplicated,  as  their 
prices  are  as  low  as  can  be  quoted  on  first-class  goods,  and  will  compare  favor- 
ably with  those  named  by  other  bakers. 


ALFRED  WII/I/IAMS  &  SON,  Manufacturing  Furriers; 
Seal  Garments  a  Specialty;  Nos.  41,  43  and  45  Pratt  Street. — The  many  advan- 
tages of  fur  garments,  especially  for  ladies'  use,  create  so  extensive  a  demand  as 
to  make  the  fur  business  one  of  national  importance ;  but  it  is  safe  to  say  there 
is  not  a  concern  in  this  country  having  a  higher  reputation  in  connection  with 
the  furnishing  of  fine  furs  at  low  prices  than  that  of  Messrs.  Alfred  Williams  & 
Son,  located  at  Nos.  41,  43  and  45  Pratt  Street.  This  business  was  originally 
entered  into  in  1843  by  Mr.  Alfred  Williams,  in  London,  England,  who  came 
to  Hartford,  where  he  was  for  many  years  foreman  at  Strong  &  Woodruffs. 
His  sou,  Mr.  A.  C.  J.  Williams,  who  had  learned  the  business  of  his  father,  was 
admitted  to  partnership  in  1SS9,  and  since  the  death  of  his  father  has  been  the 
sole  manager  of  the  business,  which  is  constantly  and  rapidly  increasing.  The 
firm  manufacture  fine  furs  in  general,  making  a  specialty  of  sealskin  garments 
and  fur  goods  of  every  kind,  and  one  very  important  factor  in  their  success  is 
the  fact  that  they  make  all  their  own  goods  and  sell  direct  to  the  consumer, 
thus  saving  him  the  paying  of  at  least  one  profit  and  enabling  the  firm  to  quote 
positively  bottom  prices  on  strictly  first-class  goods  and  workmanship.  A 
large  force  of  experienced  assistants  is  employed,  and  orders  can  gener- 
ally be  filled  at  comparatively  short  notice  and  in  a  manner  which  cannot  fail 
to  satisfy  the  most  fastidious  customers.  Furs  are  stored  and  insured  for  the 
summer  against  moth  and  fire.  Mr.  A.  C.  J.  Williams  is  well  known  in  social 
circles  of  Hartford,  he  being  a  member  of  St.  John's  Lodge  of  Masons;  Wash- 
ington Commandery,  K.  T. ,  Midian  Encampment,  and  of  Connecticut  Lodge 
of  Odd  Fellows  ;  also,  ex-Captain  of  the  Foot  Guard  Veteran  Corps,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  many  secret  orders,  and  is  one  of  the  city's  progressive  business  men. 


THE  WARNER  &  WII,I,ARD  CO.,  Manufacturers  of 
and  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Ready-Made  Clothing,  Nos.  108  and  no  Asylum 
Street. — One  of  the  most  notable  houses,  and  one  of  the  most  successful  as 
well,  that  have  acquired  prominence  in  comparatively  recent  years  as  manufact-  _ 
urers  of  and  wholesale  dealers  in  ready-made  clothing,  is  The  Warner  &  Willard 
Co.,  of  this  city.  This  important  concern  was  organized  in  1S94  as  the  suc- 
cessors of  the  well-known  firm  of  Messrs.  F.  W.  Warner  &  Co.,  who  began 
business  here  as  long  ago  as  18S0,  and  who  during  their  existence  as  a  firm 
always  held  a  commanding  position  in  the  wholesale  clothing  trade  of  New 
England.  One  of  their  representatives  on  the  road,  and  member  of  the  old 
firm,  Mr.  W.  L.  Willard,  is  now  prominently  identified  with  the  new  com- 
pany, as  the  conspicuous  place  held  by  his  name  in  its  title  indicates.  He  is 
its  President,  while  Mr.  F.  W.  Warner,  of  the  original  firm  of  Warner  &  Co., 
is  its  Secretary  and  Treasurer.  The  Willard  &  Warner  Company  are  extensive 
manufacturers  of  clothing,  using  the  best  foreign  and  domestic  materials  in  the 
construction  of  their  widely-celebrated  products.  They  have  a  prosperous  and 
steadily-growing  wholesale  trade  in  all  parts  of  New  England,  keeping  two 
traveling  men  constantly  on  the  road,  while  in  the  business  department  at 
Nos.  108  and  no  Asylum  Street  they  have  a  force  of  eight  clerks.  In  the 
manufacturing  department  of  their  large  establishment  they  employ  an  average 
of  thirty-four  skilled  hands.  The  premises  occupied  consist  of  two  floors 
25  x  ico  feet  each,  provided  with  a  most  perfect  equipment  for  manufacturing 
and  with  ample  space  for  the  display  of  a  large  and  fine  stock.  The  company 
also  has  a  wide  reputation  as  custom  tailors  and  extensive  dealers  in  furnishing 
goods  of  every  description. 


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CENTENNIAL  AMERICAN  TEA  CO.,  No.  223  Main 

Street. — If  you  accept  the  word  of  the  average  grocer  as  authority,  you  will 
believe  that  it  is  impossible  for  anyone  to  sell  the  best  grades  of  teas  and 
coffees  at  lower  prices  than  he  charges  and  at  the  same  time  make  the  pur- 
chaser of  a  certain  quantity  a  useful  and  valuable  present.  It  would  be  better 
to  investigate  for  yourself,  for  experience  proves  that  the  Centennial  American 
Tea  Co.  does  just  the  thing  your  grocer  would  have  you  believe  it  cannot  do, 
and  that,  moreover,  it  gives  much  better  value  than  most  grocers  can  afford  at 
the  same  price.  If  this  were  not  the  fact  the  Centennial  American  Tea  Co. 
would  not  be  in  a  position  to  point  to  a  highly-successful  career  in  this  line  of 
trade  extending  over  a  period  of  eighteen  years.  The  reason  it  can  undersell 
competitors  and  present  its  patrons  with  articles  of  chinaware,  bric-a-brac,  etc., 
is  that  it  possesses  much  larger  facilities  in  securing  goods  in  the  primary  mar- 
kets than  other  dealers  have,  and  is  a  direct  importer  of  teas  and  coffees.  Mr. 
William  Stewart,  who  acted  as  manager  for  the  company  when  it  began  opera- 
tions in  1876,  is  still  with  it.  He  occupies  a  fine  store  25x40  feet  in  floor 
dimensions  at  No.  223  Main  Street,  and  gives  employment  to  three  competent 
clerks. 


THE    HARTFORD    BUILDING    AND    LOAN 

ASSOCIATION;  R.  P.  Chapman,  President;  Geo:  Stronach,  Vice- 
President;  A.  S.  Howe,  Secretary  and  General  Agent;  Room  5,  No.  370 
Asylum  Street.— The  principle  of  the  building  and  loan  association  is  one  of 
the  most  beneficial  and  distinct  financial  triumphs  of  the  present  century.  It 
is  but  a  legitimate  application  of  American  ideas  of  broad  equality  and  co-opera- 
tion to  a  most  important  field  of  banking ;  namely,  loans  on  real  property  and 
for  purposes  of  construction  or  improvement.  Its  universal  and  phenomenal 
success  simply  shows  how  intimately  it  is  allied  with  the  spirit  of  our  institu- 
tions and  people.  The  Hartford  Building  and  Loan  Association,  whose  home 
office  is  situated  at  Room  5  Batterson  Building,  No.  370  Asylum  Street,  this 
city,  is  one  of  the  best  New  England  representatives  of  its  type.  The  field 
having  been  in  part  pre-empted  by  the  old-style  savings  banks,  the  movement 
did  not  spread  at  once  and  so  widely  among  our  more  conservative  people  as  in 
some  other  sections  of  the  country.  But,  as  the  main  features  of  it  have  become 
better  known  in  recent  years,  their  broad  fairness  has  given  it  a  very  wide  pop- 
ularity and  influence.  The  Hartford  Building  and  Loan  Association  was 
organized  in  1S89,  and  incorporated  in  1893  under  a  special  charter,  and  has 
done  a  steadily-increasing  business  throughout  the  State  since  its  organization. 
One  very  important  feature  is  that  each  stockholder  has  one  vote,  and  no  more, 
irrespective  of  the  number  of  shares,  which  makes  it  exceptionally  safe  as  a 
channel  for  investment  to  the  man  of  small  or  moderate  means,  and  most  truly 
co-operative.  Its  rate  of  interest  on  all  amounts  paid  in  is  a  very  liberal  one, 
though  not  of  the  excessive  character  promised  by  some  of  the  mushroom 
organizations.  It  has  proved  far  more  effective  than  any  other  type  of  organi- 
zation  in  encouraging  savings  among  the  working  people,  as  the  returns  are 


estimated  and  allotted  on  the  most  equitable  and  square  basis  to  all  from  the 
exact  time  of  payment.  It  also  secures  to  its  members  the  opportunity  for 
erecting  and  owning  their  homes,  and  also  for  making  valuable  and  necessary 
improvements.  The  small  weekly  payments  are  adapted  to  the  pocket-book  of 
every  sensible  person,  and  secure  advantages  which  cannot  possibly  be  obtained 
in  any  other  way.  Mr.  A.  S.  Howe,  the  Secretary  and  General  Agent,  is  a  well- 
known,  reliable  business  man,  and  has  been  associated  with  the  steady  advance 
of  this  organization  from  the  first.  We  advise  all  our  readers  to  give  the  ad- 
vantages presented  by  this  method  of  saving  and  loaning  a  most  careful  exam- 
ination, if  they  appreciate  the  value  of  living  in  their  own  homes. 


M.  S.  SMITH,  New  and  Second-Hand  Furniture  Bought  and 
Sold,  Nos.  558  to  564  Main  Street. — When  seeking  to  purchase  furniture  of 
any  kind,  it  is  always  best  to  gp  where  a  large  and  complete  stock  may  be 
inspected  ;  for  these  articles  are  so  extensive  in  number  and  variety  that  only 
by  personal  examination  can  it  be  satisfactorily  determined  just  what  is  the 
most  applicable  to  the  end  it  is  desired  to  serve.  A  Hartford  house  handling 
an  immense  variety  of  articles  of  this  description  is  that  conducted  by  Mr.  M. 
S.  Smith  at  No.  564  Main  Street.  It  was  founded  about  seven  years  ago  by  the 
present  proprietor,  who  is  a  native  of  Vermont,  and  a  well-known  business 
man.  The  premises  occupy  a  store  3OXS0  feet  in  size,  with  two  basements  for 
storage.  New  and  second-hand  furniture  is  bought  and  sold,  also  house- 
furnishing  goods  of  all  kinds.  Chamber,  parlor  and  kitchen  furniture  is  shown 
in  all  the  latest  designs,  and  some  of  the  chamber-sets  shown  in  ash  and 
antique  are  not  only  of  fashionable  style  and  the  best  workmanship,  but  are 
offered  at  surprisingly  low  figures.  Goods  are  sold  on  the  instalment  plan  at 
cash  prices,  and  the  assistants  who  are  in  attendance  assure  all  customers  of 
prompt  and  polite  service. 


E.  S.  ClyARK,  Dealer  in  and  Packer  of  Seed- Leaf  Tobacco, 

Nos.  225  and  227  State  Street. — That  important  industry,  the  leaf-tobacco  trade, 
to  which  Hartford  owes  a  large  share  of  its  greatness  as  a  manufacturing  centre, 
has  many  long-established  representatives,  of  which  there  is  none  more  promi- 
nent than  Mr.  E.  S.  Clark.  He  has  been  engaged  in  this  branch  of  business  for 
the  past  forty  years,  not  only  as  a  dealer  and  packer  of  seed-leaf  tobacco,  but 
as  a  grower,  having  large  plantations  at  Poquonac  and  at  Bloomfield  in  this 
State.  He  averages  forty  to  fifty  acres  in  tobacco  each  year,  and  during  the 
harvest  time  employs  some  fifty  hands.  His  Hartford  establishment  is  one  of 
the  largest  as  well  as  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  city,  the  warehouse  being  four 
stories  in  height,  with  a  frontage  of  twenty-five  feet,  including  both  Nos.  225 
and  227  State  Street,  and  a  depth  of  one  hundred  feet.  A  large  staff  of  compe- 
tent assistants  is  employed  here,  and  all  orders  are  executed  with  the  utmost 
dispatch.  Mr.  Clark  ships  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  and  is  prepared  to 
execute  the  largest  orders  from  any  quarter  at  short  notice. 


94 


TRINITY    COLLEGE. 


BERNARD  McGURK,  Dealer  in  Meats,  Poultry,  Vegetables, 
Game,  Eggs,  Etc.,  No.  553  Main  Street. — It  is  easy  enough  for  a  man  to  state 
the  kind  of  service  he  wants  to  find  in  a  market,  for  practically  every  one  of 
us  knows  that  the  market  he  is  looking  for  is  one  where  the  goods  are  varied 
in  kind,  reliable  in  quality,  and  low  in  price ;  where  the  service  is  prompt,  in- 
telligent and  efficient,  and  where  a  man  is  just  as  sure  to  get  what  he  wants  if 
he  orders  it  as  it  would  be  if  he  picked  it  out  himself.  It  is  evident  that  many 
residents  of  Hartford  think  that  the  market  conducted  by  Mr.  Bernard  McGurk 
at  No.  553  Main  Street  "fills  that  bill"  pretty  well;  at  all  events,  they  surely 
consider  it  to  be  one  of  the  best  markets  in  town,  for  they  buy  all  their  meats, 
poultry,  vegetables,  etc.,  at  Mr.  McGurk's,  and  they  tell  their  friends  to  do  the 
same  thing  if  they  wish  to  save  money  and  to  make  sure  of  getting  just  what 
they  pay  for.  The  premises  utilized  measure  15x50  feet  in  dimensions,  and 
are  stocked  with  a  choice  selection  of  meats  of  all  kinds,  poultry,  vegetables, 
game,  eggs,  etc.;  and,  as  the  stock  is  constantly  being  renewed  in  all  of  its 
departments,  it  is  always  fresh,  attractive  and  complete  enough  to  admit  of 
even  the  most  fastidious  tastes  being  suited.  The  proprietor  gives  close  per- 
sonal attention  to  the  supervision  of  affairs,  and  employs  two  competent 
assistants,  so  the  service  is  prompt,  accurate  and  accommodating.  Mr.  McGurk 
succeeded  Mr.  A.  Wilcox  about  seven  years  ago. 


CHAREES  A.  POST,  Fine  Groceries  and  Flour,  No.  709 
Main  Street. — Thirty  years  is  a  very  long  time  to  carry  on  a  business,  and  it  is 
especially  noteworthy  in  the  case  of  that  carried  on  by  Mr.  Charles  A.  Post,  for 
he  has  been  identified  with  it  from  the  very  first,  being  the  sole  proprietor  and 
succeeding  Messrs.  O.  &  O.  Johnson.  He  is  a  native  of  Connecticut,  and  of 
course  is  almost  universally  known  in  this  viciuity,  not  only  on  account  of  the 
length  of  his  business  career,  but  also  by  reason  of  the  character  of  his  business, 
for,  as  a  dealer  in  fine  groceries  and  flour,  he  caters  especially  to  family  trade. 
The  premises  utilized  by  Mr.  Post  are  located  at  No.  709  Main  Street,  and  com- 
prise a  fine  store  and  basement  each  25  x  65  feet  in  dimensions,  this  large 
amount  of  space  being  very  completely  availed  of  as  an  extremely  large  and 
varied  stock  is  carried.  It  comprises  an  exceptionally  complete  line  of  staple 
and  fancy  groceries,  and  also  an  assortment  of  articles  which  are  by  no  meaus 
always  to  be  found  in  even  the  best. stocked  grocery  stores,  among  Mr.  Post's 
specialties  beingWashburn, Crosby  &  Co.'s  Superlative  Flour.  Although  "quality 
before  price  "  may  be  said  to  be  the  governing  principle  of  this  establishment, 
still  no  "  fancy  prices  "  are  quoted  ;  on  the  contrary,  as  Mr.  Post  does  a  strictly 
cash  business,  goods  are  furnished  at  the  very  lowest  prices,  quality  of  course 
being  considered.  Employment  is  given  to  four  efficient  assistants,  and  two 
teams  are  utilized,  and  orders  are  assured  prompt  attention  and  accurate  delivery. 


THE  CUSHMAN  CHUCK  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Im- 
proved Lathe  and  Drill  Chucks,  No.  30  Cushman  Street. — No  period  in  the 
history  of  the  world  has  been  so  fertile  in  the  production  of  superior  mechanical 
devices  as  the  past  thirty  years.  Machines  which  were  considered  admirable  at 
the  beginning  of  this  period  are  now  considered  as  useless  as  though  made  two 
hundred  years  ago.  A  leading  and  successful  house  which  has  kept  steadily  in 
the  van  of  the  lines  connected  with  its  work  is  the  Cushman  Chuck  Co.  of 
Hartford,  Coun.  It  was  established  in  1862  and  incorporated  in  1SS5,  having 
been  under  the  same  active  and  careful  management  from  the  first.  The 
officers  are  Mr.  A.  F.  Cushman  (President)  and  Mr.  E.  L.  Cushman  (Secretary 
and  Treasurer).  They  manufacture  the  highest  grade  of  improved  lathe  aud 
drill  chucks  for  all  mechanical  purposes.  Their  manufacturing  plant  consists 
of  three  connecting  buildings,  covering  about  one-third  of  an  acre.  It  is 
equipped  throughout  with  the  latest  and  best  machinery.  Motive  force  is 
supplied  by  an  engine  of  75-horse  and  boiler  of  100-horse  power.  The  company 
employs  on  an  average  seventy-five  first-class  workmen.  Their  goods  are  sold 
in  all  parts  of  the  world,  and  are  admittedly  the  best  in  the  market  for  the 
special  purposes  designed.  In  variety  of  styles,  reliability  and  liberal  prices 
this  house  is  far  the  best  of  its  kind  in  the  State,  if  not  in  New  England.  Great 
ingenuity  has  been  given  to  the  perfection  of  detail  and  elaborate  facilities  pro- 
vided for  making  special  styles,  so  that  it  can  uniformly  afford  the  very  highest 
degree  of  service  in  this  department  at  figures  which  cannot  be  readily  dupli- 
cated. Its  descriptive  catalogue  and  special  circulars  will  prove  of  value  to  all 
interested  in  this  department  of  business. 


THE  ERNST  SCHAEE  CO.  (Ernst  Schall,  J.  R.  Stevens, 
J.  J.  Cloouan,  F.  D.  Mann),  Jewelers,  Silversmiths,  Diamond  Merchants,  Main 
Street,  Corner  Asylum  Street. — One  of  the  most  enterprising  and  attractive  of 
the  many  fine  business  establishments  of  Hartford  is  that  conducted  by  the 
Ernst  Schall  Company  as  jewelers,  silversmiths  aud  diamond  merchants.  It  is 
one  of  the  oldest  business  houses  in  the  city,  its  founder  being  Mr.  Ernst  Schall, 
who  is  still  at  the  head  of  the  business,  and  who  began  operations  here  over 
thirty-two  years  ago.  The  change  in  the  firm  style  was  made  two  years  since, 
the  following-named  gentlemen  being  associated  in  the  control  of  the  business, 
under  the  title  of  "The  Ernst  Schall  Co.":  Messrs.  Ernst  Schall,  J.  R.  Stevens, 
J.  J.  Cloonan  and  F.  D.  Mauu.  Mr.  Stevens,  who  is  a  native  of  Hartford,  has 
held  a  commission  of  lieutenant  in  the  First  C.  N.  G.;  Mr.  Cloonan  also  claims 
Hartford  as  his  birthplace  ;  while  Mr.  Mann,  who  is  in  charge  of  the  watch 
department,  is  a  native  of  Germany ;  Mr.  Schall,  the  founder  of  the  house,  is  a 
New  Yorker.  Their  handsome  store  has  a  frontage  on  Main  Street,  corner  of 
Asylum  Street,  and  extends  back  forty  feet  on  Asylum,  having  entrances  also 
on  that  street,  while  upstairs  are  the  workrooms,  where  the  manufacturing  and 
repairing  are  done.  The  firm  do  an  extensive  and  valuable  business,  and  carry 
a  very  large  stock  of  fine  jewelry,  diamonds  and  other  precious  stones,  watches 
and  clocks  of  the  best  makes,  Dresdenware,  cut  glass,  silverware,  optical  goods 
of  every  description,  bric-a-brac  and  fine  stationery — making  a  specialty  of 
wedding  invitations.  They  employ  five  clerks,  who  extend  prompt  aud  courteous 
attention  to  all  callers.  A  specialty  is  made  of  repairing  fine  watches  and 
clocks,  jewelry,  etc. 


96 


ASYLUM    STREET. 


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ST.    JOSEPH'S    CATHKHK 


DE  WOlyF  &  WHEEI/OCK,  Groceries  and  Provisions, 
Nos.  918  and  920  Main  Street. — One  of  the  most  popular  and  largely-patronized 
grocery  and  provision  stores  in  Hartford,  where  so  many  excellent  establish- 
ments of  this  kind  exist,  is  that  carried  on  at  No.  91S  Main  Street  by  Messrs. 
De  Wolf  &  Wheelock.  This  business  was  established  twenty-two  years  ago, 
and  after  several  changes  came  into  the  hands  of  De  Wolf  &  Johnson  about  one 
year  ago.  Mr.  Johnson  continued  in  the  firm  but  a  short  time,  and  it  was 
carried  on  by  Mr.  De  Wolf  until  May  1,  1894,  when  the  present  firm  assumed 
control.  Both  these  gentlemen  are  natives  of  Connecticut,  and  utilize  a  double 
store  60x70  feet  in  dimensions,  one  side  being  devoted  to  the  sale  of  groceries 
and  the  other  to  meats,  etc.  The  premises  are  well  supplied  with  facilities  for 
carrying  on  a  first-class  business,  three  assistants  being  at  hand  to  assure 
customers  prompt  and  courteous  treatment.  A  very  fine  and  complete  assort- 
ment of  provisions  and  groceries  of  all  kinds  is  carried,  and  pains  are  taken  to 
provide  for  all  tastes  and  all  purses  by  furnishing  goods  of  sufficient  variety  to 
satisfy  every  want.  Orders  will  be  promptly  and  accurately  delivered,  and  are 
filled  at  the  lowest  market  rates. 


W.  N.  PEI/TON  &  CO.,  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Dry  Goods 
and  Notions,  Nos.  40  and  42  Union  Place. — The  different  stages  of  business  are 
just  as  essential  to  one  another  as  the  layers  of  stone  in  a  foundation  or  the 
relative  parts  of  an  organic  body.  In  order  that  there  shall  be  wise  and  careful 
distribution  of  goods  the  experienced  wholesale  merchant  has  to  apply  principles 
of  trade  which  could  never  have  been  grasped  save  by  long  and  thorough 
training.  A  business  house  which  for  the  better  part  of  a  quarter  of  a  century 
has  experienced  a  wide  and  deep  influence  upon  city  and  State  business  affairs 
is  that  of  Messrs.  W.  N.  Peltou  &  Co.  at  Nos.  40  and  42  Union  Place.  With 
the  steady  advance  of  local  trade  it  has  afforded  facilities  and  resources  in  its 
well-managed  business  of  very  great  value  both  to  the  merchants  and  consumers 
throughout  this  section  of  the  State.  The  firm  occupy  two  floors  of  a  large 
modernly-equipped  building  90  x  50  feet  in  dimensions.  It  is  at  a  very  conven- 
ient location,  opposite  the  New  York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford  Depot,  and  its 
facilities  for  prompt  shipment  of  goods  are  exceptionally  complete.  They 
have  experienced  salesmen  employed  in  handling  their  trade.  The  firm  are 
importers,  and  carry  a  large  stock  of  dry  goods  and  notions  of  even'  kind. 
Special  bargains  and  lots  are  carried  at  all  seasons,  and  the  prices  are  invariably 
at  the  lowest  market  basis.  Dress  goods,  linens,  ginghams,  calicoes,  and  general 
white  and  colored  goods  from  the  leading  mills  of  the  country,  are  always  on 
hand.  The  special  novelties  for  extending  trade  constantly  being  introduced 
will  be  found  among  the  first  at  this  old-established  yet  progressive  house. 
They  make  a  specialty  of  their  hosiery  and  notion  department.  The  firm 
consists  of  Messrs.  W.  N.  Peltou  and  S.  W.  Clark.  Mr.  Pelton  has  been 
identified  with  the  trade  for  the  past  thirty  years,  and  Mr.  Clark  for  fifteen 
years.  Both  are  representatives  of  the  most  substantial  and  important  trade 
interests  of  the  State. 


98 


C.  A.  DENNING,  Baker;  Bread,  Pastry,  Etc.;  No.  615 
Main  Street. — The  modern  bakery  of  the  first  class  is  as  different  from  the  bake- 
shop  of  our  boyhood's  days  as  the  East  is  from  the  West.  In  fact  baking  has 
been  reduced  to  an  exact  science,  with  what  gain  to  the  world  at  large  any  one 
who  is  at  all  observant  can  judge.  Not  only  is  the  bread  of  this  generation 
better  baked  than  that  which  our  fathers  were  compelled  to  eat,  but  the  ingre- 
dients composing  it  are  far  superior.  The  flour  is  of  the  finest,  and  great  care 
and  skill  are  exercised  in  adjusting  and  mixing  the  proportions  that  the  result- 
ant product  is  uot  only  a  most  wholesome  and  nourishing  article  of  food,  but  is 
delightful  to  the  taste  and  pleasing  to  the  eye.  In  the  making  of  cake  and 
pastry,  even  greater  progress  has  been  made  by  the  leading  bakers  in  recent 
years.  The  variety  is  much  greater,  and  the  products  themselves  are  more 
palatable  and  dainty.  This  is  particularly  true  of  the  delightful  things  that 
come  from  the  establishment  of  Mr.  C.  A.  Denning,  No.  615  Main  Street. 
During  the  six  years  he  has  been  in  business  in  Hartford  he  has  won  the  ' 
confidence  and  esteem  of  the  residents  of  the  city  by  the  uniform  excellence 
and  high  grade  of  the  goods  he  places  before  them.  He  occupies  small  but 
well-equipped  premises,  and  carries  a  fine  assortment  of  bread,  cake,  pastry,  etc. 
Competent  assistants  are  employed  in  both  the  store  and  bakeshop.  Mr. 
Denning  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  and  very  well  known. 


FRANCIS  R.  COOIyEY,  Banker  and  Broker,  No.  4  Cen- 
tral  Row.  — The  events  of  the  past  few  years  have  demonstrated  the  extreme 
importance  of  knowing  exactly  the  nature  of  investments  and  securities  in 
which  one  has  or  desires  an  interest.  The  advice  of  an  experienced  and  reliabe 
broker  in  this  department  is  undoubtedly  of  the  highest  importance.  The  firm 
of  Wilson  &  Cooley,  which  had  been  a  recognized  and  prominent  broking 
house,  was  dissolved  by  expiration  of  partnership  in  1891,  and  Mr.  Francis  R. 
Cooley  has  since  continued  to  extend  the  business  of  the  house  and  now  con- 
trols some  very  large  and  important  interests.  His  office,  at  No.  4  Central 
Row,  is  modernly  equipped  and  has  every  facility  for  the  quickest  handling 
and  intelligence  in  the  important  lines  of  trade.  The  prominent  feature  in 
Mr.  Cooley 's  banking  business  is  the  very  large  and  reliable  operations  in  local 
securities,  such  as  the  new  East  Hartford  (4"„)  bonds,  Hartford,  New  Britain 
and  other  town  bonds,  Connecticut  State,  all  the  leading  New  England  rail- 
roads, prominent  banks  and  insurance  companies,  and  the  best  industrial  cor- 
porations in  the  State.  Mr.  Cooley  publishes  monthly  quotation  lists  of  this 
line  of  securities,  and  also  of  the  many  others  handled.  He  also  makes  a 
feature  of  Blair  &  Co.'s  foreign  and  domestic  letters  of  credit  and  general 
foreign  drafts.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Hartford  Stock  Exchange  and  in  con- 
nection with  New  York,  Boston  and  Chicago,  handling  all  lines  of  stocks  and 
bonds  bought  and  sold  in  those  cities.  Complete  and  uniform  reliance  can  be 
placed  upon  the  facilities  at  his  command,  and  his  trained,  expert  judgment  is 
at  the  service  of  his  many  patrons,  including  prominent  people  of  this  and  other 
cities  of  the  State. 


ST.    JOSEPH'S    CATHEDRAL— INTERIOR. 


99 


-ETNA    NATIONAL    BANK. 

^TNA  NATIONAL  BANK   OF  HARTFORD  (A.  G. 

Loomis,  President;  A.  Spencer,  Jr.,  Cashier),  No.  214  Main  Street. — The  .-Etna 
National  Bank  of  Hartford  was  organized  as  a  State  institution  in  1857,  and  re- 
organized under  the  national  banking  laws  in  1S65.  Its  paid-up  capital  at  first 
was  $525,600,  and  changed  to  the  present  amount  under  the  national  charter. 
During  its  long  and  important  history  the  -Etna  has  been  associated  with  many 
of  the  greatest  fiuaucial  movements  of  the  State. 

It  has  had  as  presidents  such  notable  men  as  Judge  E.  A.  Bulkeley,  father 
of  ex-Governor  Bulkeley  (a  present  Director) ;  O.  G.  Ferry,  a  prominent  mer- 
chant; Hon.  Wm.  R.  Cone  (of  Hungerford  &  Cone),  eminent  as  a  lawyer,  and 
A.  R.  Hillyer.  The  dominant  spirit  has  therefore  been  in  thorough  accord 
with  all  the  most  conservative  and  best  interests  of  the  State. 

The  bank  is  one  of  the  largest  in  the  State,  and  has  always  been  a  staunch 
bulwark  in  local  finance  and  commerce. 

The  last  statement,  appended  herewith,  gives  a  thorough  idea  of  its  strength 
and  extensive  resources : 


FEBRUARY  2S,  1894. 

RESOURCES. 

Loans  and  Discounts 

Overdrafts,  secured  and  unsecured 

U.  S.  Bonds,  to  secure  circulation  

Stocks,  Securities,  etc 

Due  from  National  Banks  (not  reserve  agents)... 

Due  from  State  Banks  and  Bankers 

Due  from  Approved  Reserve  Agents 

Checks  and  other  Cash  Items 

Exchanges  for  Clearing-House 

Notes  of  other  National  Banks 

Fractional  Paper  Currency,  nickels  and  cents 

Lawful  Money  Reserve  in  Bank,  viz.: 

Specie I10S.307.65 

Legal  Tender  Notes 29,714.00 

Redemption  Fuud  with  U.  S.  Treas.  (5",,  of  cir.) 

Total 

LIABILITIES. 

Capital  Stock  paid  in  

Surplus  Fund...  

Undivided  Profits,  less  expenses  and  taxes  paid.. 

National  Bank  Notes  outstanding 

Due  to  other  National  Banks 

Due  to  State  Banks  and  Bankers 

Dividends  unpaid 

Individual  Deposits  subject  to  check 


11,657,582.25 

8-33 

50,000.00 

212,806.76 

46,891.74 

5.189.95 

853.5i2-'7 

3.00 

4,280.15 

4,136.00 

95-44 


13S.021.65 
2.250.00 

|2,974. 777-44 


Total.. 


$525,000.00 

250,000.00 

103,894.12 

43.335-0O 

22,201.40 

62.72 

237-5° 

2,030,046. 70 

*2,974,777-44 


The  business  quarters  occupied  in  the  .Etna  Life  Insurance  Co.  Building 
are  most  handsomely  and  thoroughly  equipped,  as  regards  architecture, 
convenience  and  security.  A  general  banking  busiuess  is  handled,  the  facilities 
for  exchange,  collections  and  discounts  being  very  complete,  and  prompt  serv- 
ice is  guaranteed.  This  is  a  favorite  bank  of  this  section  for  merchants'  and 
trustees'  accounts,  as  the  exceptionally  high  standard  of  security  serves  as  an 
elemeut  of  credit  in  every  line  of  busiuess.  The  most  marked  feature  in  the 
history  of  the  .Etna  National  Bank  has  been  the  very  able  and  sound  character 
of  its  management.  The  officers  at  the  present  time  are  :  A.  G.  Loomis,  Presi- 
dent;  A.  Spencer,  Jr. ,  Cashier.  Directors:  Leverett  Brainard,  President  of  Case, 
Lockwood  &  Brainard  Co.  (present  Mayor  of  Hartford);  Joseph  Merriman, 
East  Hartford ;  Robert  E.  Day,  President  Security  Company ;  Morgan  G. 
Bulkeley  (ex-Governor  State  of  Conuecticut),  President  .Etna  Life  Insurance 
Co. ;  Appleton  R.  Hillyer,  formerly  President  of  this  Bank ;  A.  G.  Loomis, 
President.  For  the  purposes  of  sound  and  energetic  management  a  small 
board  of  the  highest  character  is  always  most  effective,  and  a  glance  at  these 
names  will  give  the  best  of  evidence  to  our  readers  as  to  the  leadership  acquired 
and  maintained  by  the  -Etna  National  of  Hartford. 


IOO 


J.  WII,KIE  REID,  Costumer  and  Fashionable  Tailor,  No. 
602  Main  Street. — Owing  to  the  attention  given  to  the  tailor's  trade  and  the 
employment  of  skilled  labor,  the  functions  of  the  tailor  have  within  recent 
years  steadily  developed  to  the  plane  of  a  fine  art.  The  garments  must  be  fitted 
and  cut  with  accuracy,  and  in  a  manner  becoming  to  the  wearer,  and  finished 
in  a  style  of  art  entirely  unknown  a  few  years  ago.  We  would  in  this  connec- 
tion refer  to  Mr.  J.  Wilkie  Reid,  located  at  No.  602  Main  Street,  as  among  the 
prominent  tailors  in  Hartford.  This  business  was  established  by  Mr.  Reid 
twenty-five  years  ago,  moving  to  his  present  location  nine  years  ago,  and  he  has 
from  the  first  successfully  continued  it,  adding  to  his  patrons  year  by  year. 
The  trade  now  being  large  affords  employment  to  several  very  skilled  and 
experienced  assistants.  The  premises  are  neat  and  convenient  and  measure 
40  x  15  feet  in  size.  Mr.  Reid  is  also  a  costumer,  and  is  prepared  to  make 
costumes  for  balls  in  or  out  of  the  city.  Costumes  may  also  be  obtained  here 
for  masquerade  balls  and  theatricals,  also  dress  suits  for  weddings,  receptions, 
etc.  Costumes  will  be  made  to  order  if  desired,  or  they  may  be  bought,  sold 
or  exchanged.  Mr.  Reid  is  a  native  of  Scotlaud,  and  is  a  gentleman  of  unques- 
tionable skill,  being  an  expert  and  reliable  cutter,  and  merits  his  extensive 
patronage. 


UNITED  STATES  HOTEI/  (D.  A.  Rood,  Proprietor),  City 
Hall  Square. — Every  visitor  to  Hartford  is  familiar  with  the  United  States 
Hotel,  and  as  this  city  is  the  political  and  social  centre  of  State  life  it  is  fair  to 
say  that  no  other  hotel  in  it  exercises  a  wider  or  more  important  influence  than 
that  of  this  well-known  and  leading  house.  The  United  States  has  been  estab- 
lished for  more  than  fifty  years,  and  under  the  able  management  of  its  present 
owner  and  proprietor,  Mr.  D.  A.  Rood,  for  the  past  forty.  He  is  widely  honored 
as  a  leading  representative  of  the  hotel  fraternity  of  the  United  States,  and,  as  is 
true  of  his  house,  enjoys  a  thoroughly  national  reputation.  Mr.  A.  W.  Rood 
son  of  the  proprietor,  is  the  active  manager  of  the  house,  being  assisted  by  Mr. 
H.  W.  Tones,  Day  Clerk,  and  Mr.  T.  P.  Skinner,  Night  Clerk.  The  hotel  build- 
ing occupies  a  prominent  position  on  City  Hall  Square  and  is  a  substantial 
structure  140X  170  feet  in  ground  dimensions,  and  four  stories  in  height.  There 
are  165  guest  rooms  handsomely  furnished  and  equipped  with  every  modern 
convenience  of  light,  heat  and  sanitation.  The  offices,  dining-room  and  parlors 
are  famed  for  their  elaborate  aud  recherche^  decoration.  There  is  an  admirably 
conducted  cafe  and  billiard  parlor  in  connection.  The  cuisine  of  the  United 
States  is  too  well  known  to  need  reference,  being  in  every  way  in  keeping  with 
the  highest  standards.  The  service  is  of  the  most  courteous  and  efficient  type. 
These  facts,  combined  with  liberal  rates  (varying  from  $2.50  to  $3  per  day, 
American  plan),  have  rendered  the  United  States  the  leading  favorite  with  the 
traveling  public,  aud  it  does  a  very  large  business  throughout  the  year.  '  Its 
facilities  are  thoroughly  appreciated  by  commercial  travelers,  who  invariably 
stop  here,  aud  many  leading  legislators  and  public  men  are  constantly  num- 
bered among  its  guests.  It  would  be  a  mistake  to  visit  Hartford  without 
utilizing  the  superior  aud  first-class  facilities  afforded  by  the  United  States  Hotel. 


W.  E.  BECKER,  Architect,  Room  7  Batterson  Building.— 
The  visitor  to  Hartford  is  at  once  impressed  with  the  unusual  aud  refined 
elegance  both  of  the  business  blocks  and  private  residences.  There  js  not 
another  city  in  New  England,  or,  for  that  matter,  in  the  United  States,  of  its 
size,  that  is  its  peer  in  the  uniform  high  standard  and  beauty  of  its  architecture. 
One  of  the  well-known  and  prominent  experts  in  this  department  of  Hartford 
affairs  is  Mr.  W.  E.  Becker,  whose  office  is  located  at  No.  7  Batterson  Building. 
He  has  been  established  here  since  18S0,  and  has  built  up  a  wide  and  influential 
clientele.  The  imprint  of  his  skill  and  artistic  judgment  is  clearly  seen  on 
some  of  the  very  handsomest  and  most  modern  buildings  both  in  the  city  and 
suburbs.  His  office  is  well  equipped,  and  a  corps  of  well-trained  assistants, 
averaging  four,  is  maintained.  He  executes  every  kind  of  plans,  draughts  and 
estimates  for  buildings,  making  a  specialty  of  the  sanitation  and  fire-proof 
character.  He  will  be  found  thoroughly  posted  on  all  the  latest  modern  details 
for  comfort  and  elegance  of  exterior  and  interior  finish.  He  also  gives  general 
supervision  to  the  construction  of  buildings,  aud  insures  accuracy  in  the  slight- 
est details.  His  terms  will  be  found  fair  and  moderate  in  all  respects.  Among 
the  many  buildings  of  which  he  was  the  architect  might  be  mentioned  the 
"Casino,"  and  the  clubhouse  for  the  Neighborhood  Club  Co. 

WM.  BOARDMAN  &  SONS,  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Teas, 
Coffees,  Spices,  Tobaccos,  Cigars  and  Grocers'  Sundries ;  Office  and  Warehouse, 
No.  304  Asylum  Street. — There  is  no  more  certain  mark  of  a  first-class  whole- 
sale grocery  store  than  the  quality  of  its  teas  aud  coffees.  Experienced  busi- 
ness men  need  but  slight  reminder  that  the  utmost  importance  in  the  develop- 
ment of  a  good  trade  is  involved  in  obtaining  the  very  best  goods  in  this 
department.  The  house  of  Wm.  Boardman  &  Sons  has  been  running  for  more 
than  fifty  years,  and  has  never  failed  to  command  the  very  best  trade  in  its 
lines.  It  was  established  in  1841  by  Mr.  Wm.  Boardman,  and  for  the  past 
three  years  has  been  under  the  management  of  his  son,  Mr.  T.  J.,  and  grand- 
sou,  Mr.  H.  F.  Boardman.  They  occupy  a  haudsome  modern  store  at  above 
address,  comprising  two  stories  25  x  100  feet,  and  also  have  a  special  warehouse 
aud  manufacturing  department,  three  floors  30  x  45  feet  in  dimensions.  They 
are  very  extensive  importers,  and  carry  the  heaviest  stock  of  the  kind  in  the 
city.  Many  of  their  goods  are  prepared  under  their  own  thorough  and  careful 
inspection.  The  wholesale  and  jobbing  business  extends  through  the  southern 
part  of  New  England,  aud  requires  the  employment  of  sixteen  clerks  and 
salesmen.  Among  the  most  important  lines  handled  are  the  best  grades  of 
coffees,  teas  and  spices,  ground  and  packed  to  order;  oatmeal,  rice,  farina  and 
all  standard  cereals ;  broma,  cocoa,  chocolate,  baking  powders,  bird  food,  con- 
densed milk,  cigars  and  tobaccos,  smokers'  goods  of  all  kinds,  hops,  gelatine, 
starch,  stove  polishes  and  blacking,  soda,  soaps,  twine,  tacks,  aud  a  complete 
assortment  of  grocers'  sundries.  Many  recent  novelties  are  carried,  aud  the 
stock  is  in  every  way  up  to  date.  Our  readers  can  rely  upon  the  most  uniform 
and  complete  satisfaction  in  dealing  with  this  old-established  house,  both  as 
regards  quality  and  liberal  prices. 


JOHN  MOODY,  Dealer  in  Groceries,  Provisions,  Canned 
Goods,  Meats,  Etc.,  No.  120  Albany  Aveuue. — One  of  the  leading  merchants  in 
this  locality  is  Mr.  John  Moody,  who  carries  the  finest  class  line  of  goods  at 
moderate  prices  within  the  reach  of  all.  The  business  of  Mr.  John  Moody  has 
for  the  past  six  years  maintained  a  position  in  its  department  of  local  trade. 
The  premises  occupied  are  located  at  No.  120  Albany  Avenue,  and  measure 
25  x  60  feet  in  dimensions.  A  large  and  complete  stock  of  groceries,  provisions, 
canned  goods,  meats,  etc.,  are  kept  always  on  hand.  Three  experienced  clerks 
and  assistants  are  needed  to  handle  the  extensive  and  select  retail  trade,  and 
the  prices  of  this  store  are  well  known  for  their  uniform  liberality  and  fairness. 
As  half  or  more  of  the  value  of  groceries  depends  upon  their  purity  and  freedom 
from  adulterations,  our  readers  will  consult  their  own  interests  very  largely  by 
examining  and  making  trial  of  the  high  class  of  goods  kept  at  this  store.  Orders 
are  promptly  filled  and  delivered  when  promised,  two  teams  being  in  use  for 
that  purpose.  This  position  which  this  house  has  attained  is  solely  the  result 
of  its  liberal  dealings. 


SIDNEY  F.  SOUTH,  Merchant  Tailor,  No.  265  Main 
Street. — Americans  have  the  reputation  of  being  the  best-dressed  people  in  the 
world,  and  this  undeniable  fact  is  directly  attributable  to  the  excellence  of  the 
workmanship  and  materials  placed  at  their  disposal  by  American  tailors.  Here 
we  have  the  combined  ability  and  experience  in  sartorial  art  represented  by  the 
best  tailors  of  all  nationalities,  with  the  results  shown  in  the  well-fitting  and 
well-made  garments  displayed  upon  all  occasions  and  in  all  places  where  men 
congregate.  One  of  the  most  popular — and  it  therefore  follows,  one  of  the 
most  competent — merchant  tailors  in  Hartford  is  Mr.  Sidney  F.  South,  of  No. 
265  Main  Street.  A  native  of  Euglaud,  Mr.  South  came  to  New  York  many 
years  ago,  previous  to  which  time  he  had  several  years'  experience  in  the  same 
line  in  London  and  Paris.  For  about  twenty  years  he  has  been  actively  engaged 
in  business  in  this  city.  One  reason  why  the  garments  made  at  his  establish- 
ment look  well  and  fit  well  is  that  he  does  all  the  cutting  himself.  He  occupies 
a  finely-appointed  front  parlor  at  the  address  indicated.  A  most  desirable  line 
of  the  finest  foreign  and  domestic  woolens,  embracing  the  latest  patterns  and 
shades,  is  presented  to  his  customers,  while  all  orders  are  promptly  executed, 
and  at  the  most  reasonable  prices. 


THE  CHAS.  E.  REICHE,  Billiard-Table  Warerooms, 
No.  23  Mulberry  Street. — The  popularity  of  billiards  as  a  game  of  skill  has 
largely  increased  in  recent  years,  interest  in  it  having  been  quickened  by  the 
great  improvements  made  in  the  appliances  of  the  game,  notably  the  tables, 
which  have  not  only  made  billiards  more  .interesting  to  amateurs,  but  have 
given  a  new  zest  to  the  professional  game.  Of  the  manufacturers  who  have 
acquired  a  high  reputation  for  their  tables  Mr.  Chas.  E.  Reiche,  of  Hartford,  is 
entitled  to  take  first  rank.     The   Reiche  billiard   tables  constantly  grow  in 


popular  favor,  and  are  given  the  preference  by  professionals  as  well  as  amateurs. 
The  business  of  manufacturing  these  superior  tables  was  begun  in  1879,  and 
continued  with  ever-increasing  success,  The  Chas.  E.  Reiche  Billiard-Table 
Warerooms  at  No.  23  Mulberry  Street  now  occupying  two  floors,  each  16  x  no 
feet  in  dimensions.  The  Reiche  tables  are  made  in  regular  or  special  sizes,  of 
the  very  best  materials  and  at  most  reasonable  prices.  Second-hand  tables,  in 
first-class  condition,  may  also  be  obtained  here,  and  repairs  of  all  descriptions 
receive  prompt  attention.  A  stock  of  new  balls,  cues  and  all  kinds  of  billiard 
materials  is  kept  constantly  on  hand,  and  the  prices  charged  are  lower  than 
those  usually  named  by  even  the  largest  dealers. 


T.  H.  LANGDON,  Plumber,  Steam  and  Gas  Fitter,  Xo. 
228  Pearl  Street. — There  are  some  kinds  of  work  which  may  be  done  in  a  "good 
enough"  fashion  without  any  bad  results,  but  when  it  comes  to  plumbing  and 
gas-fitting  it  is  simply  foolish  to  be  satisfied  with  anything  but  the  best,  for 
inferior  work  in  this  line  is  dangerous,  troublesome  and  expensive,  to  say 
nothing  of  its  not  answering  the  purpose  for  which  it  was  designed.  It  is  easy 
enough  to  have  first-class  plumbing  done  if  you  apply  to  the  proper  party,  and 
certainly  no  wiser  course  can  be  taken  than  to  leave  your  order  with  Mr.  T.  H. 
Langdon  at  No.  228  Pearl  Street,  for  he  is  a  thoroughly-competent  plumber, 
steam  and  gas  fitter.  He  has  the  facilities  and  the  men  to  enable  him  to 
execute  all  commissions  at  short  notice  and  in  the  most  approved  and  satis- 
factory manner,  the  best  of  materials  being  used.  He  is  uniformly  moderate  in 
his  charges,  and  as  he  gives  close  personal  attention  to  his  business  he  is  in  a 
position  to  keep  the  service  up  to  a  very  high  standard  of  efficiency  and  to 
guarantee  complete  satisfaction  to  his  patrons.  Mr.  Langdon  makes  a  specialty 
of  Rider  Ericsson's  hot-air  pumping  engines  for  country  and  seaside  resi- 
dences where  there  is  no  water  supply.  The  store  covers  an  area  of  1,200 
square  feet,  and  is  stocked  with  a  full  assortment  of  such  goods  as  are  usually 
handled  by  a  first-class  plumber,  steam  and  gas  fitter.  Mr.  Langdon  is  a  native 
of  Hartford,  and  is  a  successor  to  Mr.  Geo.  Robinson,  who  founded  the  business 
forty  years  ago.  Mr.  Langdon  employs  from  eight  to  fourteen  competent 
workmen,  and  can  be  relied  upon  to  fill  all  orders  in  a  most  satisfactory  and 
scientific  maimer. 


HORACE  H.  KING,  Dealer  in  Boots,  Shoes  and  Rubbers, 
No.  495  Main  Street. — Although  there  are  many  who  say  they  "know  a  good 
shoe  when  they  see  it,"  the  fact  is  that  it  is  by  no  means  easy  to  judge  of  the 
value  of  such  an  article  simply  by  examination,  for  inferior  stock  can  be  so 
prepared  as  to  look  all  right  to  any  one  but  an  expert,  and  the  same  may  be 
said  of  the  workmanship,  or  at  least  so  much  of  it  as  shows  on  the  outside. 
The  way  to  get  a  reliable  shoe  at  a  fair  price  is  to  patronize  an  experienced  and 
reputable  dealer,  and  we  know  of  none  in  Hartford  who  gives  better  value  than 
Mr.  Horace  H.  King,  so  that  those  wanting  anything  in  the  line  of  footwear 
would  do  well  to  give  him  a  call.     He  carries  a  good  stock,  and  warrants  every 


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article  he  sells  to  prove  just  as  represented.  Mr.  King  is  a  native  of  Lyme, 
Conn.,  and  is  very  well  known  throughout  this  locality  as  an  enterprising 
business  man.  He  established  his  present  business  fifty  years  ago,  moving  to 
his  present  location  forty-eight  years  since.  The  store  utilized  is  located  at 
No.  495  Main  Street,  and  measures  24  x  70  feet  in  dimensions,  with  a  basement 
of  the  same  size  for  storage.  These  premises  are  well  stocked  with  a  large  and 
varied  assortment  of  all  kinds  of  boots,  shoes  and  rubbers.  The  service  is 
prompt  and  reliable,  while  Mr.  King  assures  every  caller  courteous  and  intelli- 
gent attention. 


J.  H.  WII/I/ES,  Art  Store ;  Pictures,  Frames,  Engravings, 
Etchings,  Artists'  Materials,  China  for  Decorating,  Etc.;  Picture  Frames  to 
Order;  No.  451  Main  Street. — The  "Art  Store"  is,  as  its  name  indicates,  devoted 
expressly  to  the  handling  of  art  goods ;  and,  as  its  stock  is  large,  varied  and  very 
skillfully  chosen,  it  is  one  of  the  most  attractive  establishments  in  the  city, 
especially  to  those  of  artistic  tastes,  for  here  may  always  be  found  a  select 
assortment  of  pictures,  frames,  engravings,  etchings,  artists'  materials,  china 
for  decorating,  etc.  The  business  was  founded  about  eighteen  years  ago  by  its 
present  proprietor,  Mr.  J.  H.  Willes,  who  is  a  native  of  Connecticut  and  is 
widely  known  in  this  vicinity.  Particular  attention  is  given  to  the  making  of 
picture  frames  of  all  descriptions,  any  style  from  the  most  simple  to  the  most 
elaborate  being  made  to  order  at  short  notice  in  the  most  skillful  manner,  and 
at  moderate  rates,  also  china  firing  attended  to.  A  full  line  of  mouldings, 
including  the  very  latest  novelties,  is  kept  in  stock,  and  the  most  extensive 
commissions  can  be  executed  without  delay.  The  store  is  located  at  No.  451 
Main  Street,  and  measures  30x60  feet  in  dimensions,  together  with  a  room  at 
the  side  devoted  to  the  display  of  pictures,  and  all  interested  in  art  are  cordially 
invited  to  visit  it  and  look  over  the  many  beautiful  engravings,  etchings,  etc., 
here  displayed.  Mr.  Willes  employs  several  competent  assistants,  and  customers 
are  waited  upon  promptly  and  attentively. 


their  stock,  and  makes  it  desirable  for  consumers  to  inspect  their  supplies  and 
prices  before  purchasing  elsewhere.  The  very  lowest  market  rates  prevail,  and 
the  quality  and  character  of  the  goods  maybe  depended  upon  to  be  just  as 
represented. 


THE  "HII,I,"  MARKET  (Burns  &  Christie,  Proprietors), 

First-Class  Meat,  Fish  and  Vegetable  Market,  No.  544  Asylum  Street. — Prom- 
inent among  the  many  flourishing  business  houses  in  Hartford  devoted  to  the 
meat  and  fish  business  is  The  "Hill"  Market  conducted  by  Messrs.  Burns  & 
Christie  at  No.  544  Asylum  Street.  This  house  was  established  three  years  ago 
by  Crane  &  Gould,  and  succeeded  by  Burns  &  Christie.  The  premises  occu- 
pied comprise  a  fine  store  25  X45  feet  in  dimensions,  well-arranged  and  fitted-up 
for  the  transaction  of  its  business.  The  stock  of  goods  carried  here  is  large, 
comprehensive  and  well-selected,  and  embraces  everything  in  the  way  of  meats, 
fish  and  vegetables.  Employment  is  given  to  four  prompt  and  reliable  clerks, 
who  are  courteous  and  polite  to  all  patrons.  Orders  are  promptly  filled  and 
goods  delivered  to  any  part  of  the  city.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm 
are  Mr.  W.  J.  Burns,  a  native  of  Connecticut,  and  Mr.  F.  D.  Christie,  of  West 
Hartford.     Their  experience  in  the  business  gives  them  advantages  in  securing 


PARK   DRUG   CO.'S   PHARMACY,    No.    376   Asylum 

Street,  Corner  High  Street,  One  Block  from  Union  Depot. — It  is  a  fact,  though 
few  appear  to  realize  it,  that  whatever  credit  attaches  to  the  healing  of  the  sick 
is  due  in  almost  as  great  measure  to  the  pharmacist  as  to  the  physician.  The 
pharmacy  laws  of  Connecticut  require  the  most  intimate  knowledge  on  the 
part  of  the  would-be  druggist  with  every  detail  of  the  profession,  and  years  of 
study  and  training  are  requisite  to  fit  a  man  for  the  practice  of  the  profession. 
When  to  all  this  is  added  a  long  practical  experience,  it  will  be  seen  at  once 
that  druggists  who  have  been  through  such  a  course  are  hardly  second  to  the 
doctor  in  all  cases  of  illness.  The  proprietors  of  the  "Park  Drug  Company" 
at  No.  376  Asylum  Street,  corner  of  High  Street,  are  such  men  as  we  have 
described.  They  established  their  present  enterprise  in  1871,  and  it  is  one  of 
the  oldest  and  most  reliable  pharmacies  in  Hartford.  The  premises  occupied 
are  very  eligibly  located  oue  block  from  the  Union  Depot,  and  measure  25  x  40 
feet  in  size.  They  employ  eight  careful  assistants,  and  for  quality,  variety  and 
fair  price  the  stock  carried  cannot  be  excelled.  It  comprises  drugs,  chemicals, 
fancy  goods,  toilet  and  manicure  requisites,  homoeopathic  medicines,  holiday, 
birthday  and  wedding  gifts,  fine  colognes,  toilet  waters  and  handkerchief 
extracts — Lazell's,  Wright's,  Woodworth's,  Lubin's  and  Roger  &  Gallet's  being 
constantly  on  hand. 


A.    H.    SMITH,    New  and   Second-hand  Furniture,  No.  83 

Trumbull  Street. — In  buying  furuiture  it  is  always  well  to  remember  that 
durability  is  at  least  as  important  as  appearance,  and  the  only  way  to  get 
durable  as  well  as  handsome  goods  is  to  patronize  a  dealer  who  not  only  guar- 
antees his  articles  to  prove  as  represented,  but  whose  guarantee  is  worth  some- 
thing. No  one  can  successfully  deny  that  Mr.  A.  H.  Smith  "fills  the  bill"  in 
both  these  respects,  for  such  a  denial  would  need  no  stronger  refutation  than 
that  offered  by  the  record  this  gentleman  has  made  during  the  many  years  that 
he  has  carried  on  business  here.  The  establishment  in  question  was  founded 
by  Mr.  Pomeroy,  who  was  succeeded  in  1890  by  the  present  proprietor,  who 
occupies  premises  30  x  65  feet  in  dimensions  at  No.  83  Trumbull  Street.  Mr. 
Smith  is  a  dealer  iu  uew  and  second-hand  furniture,  of  which  he  carries  a  large 
stock,  and  the  latest  novelties,  as  well  as  a  full  line  of  staple  articles,  are  always 
to  be  had  here  at  the  lowest  market  prices.  Oue  competent  assistant  is  con- 
stantly in  attendance,  and  all  customers  are  served  iu  a  polite  and  intelligent 
manner,  and  every  order  is  assured  prompt  and  painstaking  attention.  Mr. 
Smith  is  a  native  of  New  York,  and  has  a  large  circle  of  friends  iu  this  vicinity, 
while  his  business  is  increasing  steadily,  and  it  is  pleasant  to  note  a  success  so 
honestly  won. 


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T.  K.  STARR,  Dentist,  Room  16,  Cheney  Building.— We 
cannot  quite  rid  ourselves  of  the  nervous  feeling  which  seizes  us  when  the 
necessity  for  visiting  the  dentist  arises,  although  we  recognize  it  as  the  sur- 
vival of  the  feeling  of  dread  which  was  warranted  by  the  experiences  of  long 
ago.  That  there  is  little  reason  for  its  existence  at  the  present  day,  when 
dentistry  has  been  reduced  to  a  science,  and  has  been  almost  entirely  robbed  of 
painful  features  by  the  extreme  skill  and  ability  of  dental  operators,  appears  to 
make  no  difference  to  the  majority  of  us,  and  it  will  probably  linger  with  us 
for  the  remainder  of  our  lives.  All  such  feelings  immediately  disappear  when 
the  visitor  is  once  ensconced  in  the  operating  chair  of  Dr.  T.  K.  Starr,  the  well- 
known  dental  surgeon,  whose  handsome  offices  are  located  in  the  Cheney 
Building,  Room  16.  Dr.  Starr  has  always  made  excellent  provision  for  his 
patients'  comfort,  and  has  stopped  at  no  expense  in  securing  the  latest  and 
most  approved  appliances  of  his  profession.  He  ranks  with  the  foremost 
dentists  of  the  city,  having  been  actively  in  practice  here  for  the  past  fifteen 
years.  Dr.  Starr  is  a  member  of  the  old  family  of  that  name  who  were  among 
the  original  settlers  of  Webster,  Mass.  He  is  a  young  and  popular  man,  and 
stands  high  in  the  Masonic  order. 

W.  B.  HOGAN  &  BRO.,  Plumbers  and  Gas-Fitters,  Dealers 
in  Plumbing  Materials  and  Sanitary  Appliances,  No.  81  Trumbull  Street. — Iu 
no  branch  of  the  building  line  has  there  been  such  a  vast  improvement  as  in  the 
furnishings  and  supplies  connected  with  plumbing,  and  not  alone  has  the 
development  affected  the  aesthetic  qualities,  but  side  by  side  has  gone  the 
regard  for  health.  There  is  no  question  connected  with  plumbing  and  sewerage 
more  important  than  is  the  question  of  ventilating  and  trapping;  it  is  an 
unquestionable  fact  that  sewer  gas  and  fumes  generated  from  decomposition  of 
vegetable  and  animal  matter  are  dangerous  to  health.  This  is  no  theory  of  ours, 
but  has  been  repeatedly  proved  by  practical  experience,  so  we  say  to  our  readers, 
"Have  no  plumbing,  steam  or  gas  fitting  done  unless  you  can  have  it  done 
right."  Fortunately,  there  is  no  trouble  in  having  such  work  properly  done  if 
you  reside  in  Hartford  or  vicinity,  it  being  necessary  only  to  place  the  order 
with  Messrs.  YV.  B.  Hogan  and  Bro.,  doing  business  at  No.  81  Trumbull  Street, 
for  they  have  had  twelve  years  of  varied  experience,  and  have  unequaled 
facilities  for  the  filling  of  the  very  largest  orders  at  short  notice,  satisfaction 
being  guaranteed  to  every  customer.  The  individual  members  are  W.  B.  and 
T.  M.  Hogan,  both  natives  of  this  town.  They  are  plumbers  and  gas  fitters, 
making  a  specialty  of  sauitary  appliances.  They  are  also  dealers  in  plumbing 
materials.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  a  well-stocked  store  30x75  feet  in 
dimensions.  Small  and  large  orders  are  given  equally  careful  attention,  and 
five  skilled  assistants  are  kept  constantly  employed. 


SAI/I/  &  MelfAUGHIvIN,  Dealers  in  Groceries,  Provisions, 
Meats,  Fish,  Vegetables,  Etc.,  No.  290  Park  Street. — It  is  a  very  heavy  and 
varied  stock  that  is  offered  by  Messrs.  Sail  &  McLaughlin ;  and  as  they  deal 
in  such  indispensable  commodities  as  groceries,  provisions,  meats,  fish,  vege- 
tables, etc.,  and  make  a  specialty  of  Swedish  delicatessens,  such  as  anchovies, 
herring,  cheese,  Swedish  drinks,  raspberry  juice,  etc.,  also  Swedish  snuff,  it  is 
natural  that  a  very  extensive  business  should  be  done,  especially  as  the  goods 
uniformly  prove  as  represented,  and  are  sold  at  the  lowest  market  rates.  Mr. 
J.  A.  Sail  was  born  in  Sweden,  but  has  lived  in  this  country  since  his  boyhood  ; 
Mr.  J.  J.  McLaughlin  is  a  native  of  Connecticut.  They  have  been  associated 
in  business  since  1887,  and  during  the  seven  years  since  elapsed  have  made 
their  establishment  one  of  the  most  generally  and  favorably  known  of  the 
kind  in  Hartford.  The  premises  made  use  of  are  located  at  No.  290  Park 
Street,  being  well  stocked  with  the  goods  already  mentioned,  and  which  are 
specially  adapted  for  family  use.  The  service  at  this  popular  store  is  remark- 
ably prompt  and  efficient,  much  more  so  than  that  offered  at  many  establish- 
ments doing  a  much  smaller  business,  for  employment  is  given  to  nine  assist- 
ants and  three  wagons,  while  no  trouble  is  spared  to  insure  immediate  and 
careful  attention  to  every  caller,  orders  being  accurately  delivered  at  short 
notice. 

G.  W.  WOOJvIvEY  &  SON,  Manufacturers  and  Jobbers 
in  Coffins,  Caskets  and  Undertakers'  Sundries,  No.  164  Main  Street. — Modern 
taste  demands,  even  in  funeral  arrangements,  the  presence  of  aesthetic  and 
beautiful  surroundings,  and  the  fuueral  director  is  called  upon  to  exercise  the 
most  discriminating  care  in  these  matters.  The  facilities  placed  at  his  com- 
mand, in  the  discharge  of  his  exacting  duties,  by  the  firm  of  Messrs.  G.  W. 
Woolley  &  Son  are  not  exceeded  in  scope  and  value  by  those  presented  by 
any  other  house.  Their  long  experience  in  this  important  branch  of  trade 
eminently  fits  them  for  their  position  of  leading  manufacturers  and  jobbers  of 
this  class  of  goods.  In  a  volume  of  this  description  it  is  impossible  to  go  into 
the  details  of  each  item  presented  for  consideration,  but  it  may  be  said  that 
this  firm  is  one  of  the  highest  standing,  and  that  its  products  are  without 
superiors  in  elegance  of  design  and  finish.  Mr.  G.  W.  Woolley,  senior  member 
of  the  firm,  founded  the  business  in  1843,  and  some  years  since  his  son,  Mr.  G. 
H.  Woolley,  was  admitted  to  partnership,  the  present  firm  name  being  then 
adopted.  Both  gentlemen  are  natives  of  the  State  and  long  residents  of  this 
city,  and  are  widely  esteemed  as  manufacturers  and  merchants.  Their  estab- 
lishment, which  includes  offices,  sample  rooms  and  factory,  covers  a  space 
69  x  200  feet,  and  occupies  several  stories  and  a  large  and  well-stocked 
lumber  yard. 


104 


PEARL  STREET. 


J.  J.  BRADY,  Dealer  in  Fine  Groceries,  Teas,  Coffees, 
Fruits,  Etc.,  No.  526  Asylum  Street. — One  of  the  most  important  grocery  esta- 
blishments in  this  section  of  the  city  is  that  of  Mr.  J.  J.  Brady,  located  at  No. 
526  Asylum  Street.  This  is  an  enterprising  house,  and  the  store  is  admirably 
adapted  to  the  business  and  covers  an  area  of  15  X40  feet.  The  stock  carried 
comprises  fine  groceries,  teas,  coffees,  fruits,  etc.  An  excellent  trade  is  done  in 
the  vicinity,  the  proprietor  being  alive  to  the  wants  of  the  public.  Customers 
are  attended  to  with  politeness  and  dispatch,  and  goods  are  delivered  promptly. 
The  business  was  originally  established  five  years  ago  by  the  present  proprietor, 
who  has  been  very  successful  from  the  start.  Mr.  Brady  is  a  native  of  Hartford 
and  an  active  business  man  who  has  gained  the  entire  respect  of  the  commun- 
ity, both  for  business  ability  and  integrity.  The  entire  stock  carried  by  Mr. 
Brady  is  neat,  fresh  and  clean,  and  is  offered  at  rates  that  insure  its  constant 
renewal.  All  adulterations  and  worthless,  falsely-called  cheap  goods  are 
rigorously  rejected,  and  all  customers  are  guaranteed  that  the  goods  sold  by  the 
house  shall  be  eminently  satisfactory  and  in  every  respect  all  that  they  are 
claimed  to  be. 

T.  SISSON  &  CO.,  Wholesale  Druggists,  No.  259  Main 
Street. — Little  attention  is  given  by  the  public  in  general  to  the  vast  extent  and 
importance  of  the  wholesale  drug  trade  of  this  country,  and  for  that  reason  this 
article  is  addressed  to  retail  druggists,  chemists  and  others  who  have  a  direct 
interest  in  the  matter.  Hartford  has  the  distinction  of  containing  one  of  the 
oldest  and  most  prominent  of  the  wholesale  drug  houses  of  the  United  States 
in  the  firm  of  Messrs.  T.  Sisson  &  Co.  This  firm  is  the  direct  descendant  of  the 
founder,  Mr.  D.  P.  Hopkins,  who  began  business  in  the  latter  part  of  1700. 
Subsequently,  the  firm  of  Lee,  Hopkins  &  Butler  was  formed,  and  they  were 
succeeded  by  Lee,  Sisson  &  Co.  The  next  change  was  to  Sisson  &  Butler,  and 
then  came  the  present  firm,  which  was  organized  in  1880,  and  consists  of  Messrs. 
Thos.  Sisson,  Geo.  P.  Chandler  and  Fred.  H.  Chapin.  Mr.  Sisson  is  a  native  of 
Hartford,  and  has  been  identified  with  the  interests  of  the  house  in  a  proprietary 
sense  for  nearly  forty  years.  Mr.  Chandler  was  born  in  Vermont,  and  Mr. 
Chapin  is  an  Indianian  by  birth.  The  facilities  enjoyed  by  Messrs.  Sisson  &  Co. 
as  importing  and  jobbing  druggists  are  not  exceeded  by  those  of  any  other 
house  in  the  business,  and  they  have  long  controlled  a  large  and  valuable  trade 
which  extends  throughout  this  section.  The  firm  has  a  large  establishment  at 
No.  259  Main  Street — the  main  building — which  has  a  ground  measurement  of 
forty  by  sixty  feet,  being  one  of  the  old  time-honored  structures  in  which  this 
city  abounds.  There  are  four  floors,  each  of  which  is  fully  occupied  by  the 
various  departments,  which  embrace  the  sales  and  counting  rooms  on  the  store 
floor,  and  the  crude  drug,  chemical,  druggist's  sundries  departments,  etc.,  above. 
In  addition  there  is  a  large  yard  at  the  rear  in  which  are  several  buildings  used 
for  storage  purposes,  for  packing,  shipping,  etc.  The  large  business  done  by 
the  firm  necessitates  the  employment  of  eighteen  clerks  and  assistants,  and  it  is 
notable  that  this  force  consists  of  only  the  most  competent  men.  Back  of  the 
salesrooms  on  the  first  floor  is  a  laboratory  in  which  stands  the  old-fashioned, 


broad,  open  fireplace,  provided  with  crane  and  kettle,  which  are  used  in  the 
preparation  of  various  remedial  specialties  for  which  this  house  is  celebrated. 
The  stock  carried  by  this  house  is  a  very  full  and  complete  one,  embracing 
every  variety  of  staple  drugs  and  chemicals,  from  the  crude  roots,  leaves  and 
barks  to  the  fine  products  of  the  most  celebrated  laboratories  of  the  world. 
All  the  latest  additions  to  materia  medica,  whatever  form  they  take,  are  included 
in  this  stock.  Their  line  of  elegant  pharmaceutical  preparations,  proprietary 
goods,  druggist's  sundries,  perfumery,  essential  oils,  etc.,  is  most  complete. 


GEO.  F.  ABF,I*S,  Furniture  Warerooms,  No.  459  Main 
Street. — There  are  many  careful  housekeepers  to  be  found  in  Hartford  and 
vicinity,  and  not  a  few  of  them  have  discovered  that  the  establishment  con- 
ducted by  Mr.  George  F.  Abels  at  No.  459  Main  Street  is  a  most  excellent  one 
to  visit  when  anything  in  the  shape  of  furniture  is  wanted.  This  enterprise 
was  founded  about  fifteen  years  ago  by  the  present  proprietor,  who  is  a  native 
of  Hartford  and  is  well  known  here.  Employment  is  given  to  two  reliable 
assistants,  who  assure  all  customers  prompt  and  courteous  attention.  The 
premises  utilized  are  35  x  100  feet  in  size,  and  consist  of  three  floors  that  display 
to  advantage  the  elegant  stock  of  furniture  here  sold.  The  prices  placed  upon 
these  goods  are  very  low,  yet  every  article  is  guaranteed  to  prove  exactly  as  is 
represented  in  every  respect.  The  goods  are  all  carefully  selected,  a  specialty 
being  made  of  furniture  for  local  trade,  and,  being  offered  at  low  prices,  they 
meet  a  quick  and  ready  sale.  Hence,  it  is  not  surprising  that  Mr.  Abels  has 
customers  of  very  long  standing. 


LAWRENCE  DAI/Y,  Dealer  in  Glenwood  Stoves,  Ranges 
and  Furnaces,  No.  106  Main  Street. — No  better  illustration  of  the  perfection 
which  has  been  attained  in  the  manufacture  of  stoves,  ranges  and  furnaces  can 
be  found  than  by  an  inspection  of  the  stock  of  Mr.  Lawrence  Daly,  whose 
establishment  was  founded  about  seven  years  ago,  and  which  has  ever  since  its 
inception  been  recognized  as  among  the  leading  ones  in  the  stove  trade  of 
Hartford.  This  house  was  established  by  the  present  proprietor,  who  is  a  native 
of  Massachusetts.  At  his  store,  which  is  located  at  No.  106  Maiu  Street,  may 
be  found  everything  needed  in  the  line  of  stoves,  ranges  and  furnaces.  He 
makes  a  specialty  of  the  Glenwood  stoves,  ranges  and  furnaces,  and  also  of  the 
Utica  Standard  Furnace.  He  is  also  prepared  to  fill  orders  for  tin,  copper  and 
sheet-iron  work  ;  tin  roofing  being  a  specialty.  The  premises  utilized  for  this 
extensive  trade  comprise  a  store  25  x  50  feet  in  dimensions.  Four  assistants  are 
required  in  the  various  departments  of  the  business,  and  a  large  trade  is  trans- 
acted. Mr.  Daly  served  in  the  Fire  Department  for  six  years,  assisting  in  the 
saving  of  much  property  to  citizens  of  Hartford.  He  will  be  found  worthy  of 
the  extended  patronage  he  enjoys;  and,  therefore,  we  commend  his  house 
to  all. 


106 


WETHERSFIELD    AVENUE. 


T.  A.  HONISS,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  Open  and 

Shell  Oysters,  Round  and  Long  Claras ;  Soft  Crabs  a  Specialty ;  No.  30  State 
Street,  under  United  States  Hotel  j  Telephone  Call,  703-5 ;  Orders  for  Fish  of 
All  Kinds  for  Honiss  &  Abbe,  No.  1S3  State  Street,  Attended  To.— The  oyster  is 
one  of  the  most  popular  articles  of  food  we  have,  and  its  praises  have  been  sung 
far  and  wide.  The  most  fastidious  epicure  gives  to  the  oyster  first  place  as  a 
most  delectable  dish.  No  banquet  or  feast  is  complete  without  it.  Many  are 
the  varieties  of  serving  it  to  the  popular  taste  by  the  imagination  and  creation 
of  the  artistic  chef.  In  every  dish  its  popularity  is  never  destroyed,  as  it  always 
retains  the  seductive  flavor  of  the  same  delicious  oyster.  The  only  disadvan- 
tage connected  with  the  use  of  it  is  that  it  must  be  perfectly  fresh  in  order  to  be 
palatable  and  nutritious,  and  there  is  no  difficulty  in  obtaining  perfectly  fresh 
oysters  in  all  their  many  varieties  at  the  wholesale  oyster  depot  of  Mr.  T.  A. 
Honiss,  No.  30  State  Street,  under  the  United  States  Hotel.  He  is  the  only 
exclusive  jobber  of  oysters  in  Hartford,  and  to  this  fact  is  due  the  reliability  of 
obtaining  any  kind,  and,  of  course,  in  dealing  in  such  quantities,  they  are  always 
sure  to  be  fresh.  He  has  been  located  at  above  address  for  nineteen  years,  deal- 
ing in  open  and  shell  oysters,  round  and  long  clams,  making  a  specialty  of  soft 
crabs.  He  also  makes  a  specialty  of  supplying  families  out  of  town  as  well  as 
in  the  city.  He  has  an  extensive  trade  throughout  the  State,  not  to  speak  of 
the  City  of  Hartford  and  its  immediate  vicinity.  He  is  also  head  of  the  firm  of 
Messrs.  Honiss  &  Abbe,  wholesale  dealers  and  shippers  of  all  kinds  of  fish, 
oysters,  claras,  etc.,  at  Nos.  1S3  and  1S5  State  Street,  which  firm  carry  a  heavy 
stock  of  fish,  both  wholesale  and  retail,  and  supply  anything  in  their  line  at 
the  lowest  market  prices.  Mr.  Honiss  is  a  native  of  Connecticut,  and  has  been 
Councilman  of  the  city,  and  is  widely  and  popularly  known  for  many  years  in 
social  and  business  circles  of  Hartford. 


H.  J.  WIERS,  M.  D.    (Successor  to  the  Late  I.  J.  Sperry, 

M.  D. ),  No.  10  Mulberry  Street. — Few  proprietary  medicinal  preparations  are 
possessed  of  the  virtues  ascribed  to  them.  Their  chief  fault  lies  in  the  fact  that 
they  are  put  forward  as  panaceas,  or  cure-alls ;  and,  though  they  may  have  some 
value  as  remedies  in  specific  cases,  it  is  seldom  they  reach  the  diseases  they  are 
advertised  to  cure.  Having  these  facts  in  mind,  the  reader  will  better  under- 
stand the  beneficent  nature  of  the  various  preparations  which  bear  the  well- 
known  aud  honored  names  of  Drs.  I.  J.  Sperry  and  H.  J.  Wiers.  They  are 
specifics  designed  for  the  cure  of  certain  disorders  and  diseases,  the  root  of 
which  they  reach,  and  there  is  no  claim  made  that  they  will  cure  any  and  all 
forms  of  illness.  Their  efficacy  in  their  respective  spheres  of  usefulness  has 
been  repeatedly  and  amply  proved  during  the  many  years  they  have  been 
before  the  public.  The  list  of  these  valuable  specific  remedies  includes  Dr. 
Sperry's  Sarsaparilla  Syrup,  the  highly-salutary  effects  of  which  in  all  disorders 
resulting  from  impurities  of  the  blood  are  thoroughly  established  by  an  experi- 
ence of  over  fifty  years.  It  is  a  purely  vegetable  compound.  Dr.  Sperry's 
Cinnamon  Cordial  is  the  best-known  remedy  for  the  cure  of  dysentery,  cholera, 


cholera-rnorbus,  cholera-infantum,  diarrhoea,  pains  in  the  stomach  and  bowels, 
colic,  cramps,  spasms,  difficult  teething,  etc.  The  sole  right  to  prepare  this 
invaluable  remedy  was  conferred  upon  Dr.  H.  J.  Wiers.  Sperry's  Cough  and 
Croup  Syrup  is  without  an  equal  in  whooping-cough,  colds,  irritation  of  the 
lungs,  and  is  especially  valuable  in  the  earlier  stages  of  consumption.  It  con- 
tains no  anodyne,  but  cures  by  removing  the  cause  of  irritation.  Dr.  Sperry's 
Rheumatic  or  Hot  Drops,  Columbo  Bitters,  Unicorn  Bitters  and  Spice  Bitters 
are  too  well  known  to  need  special  commendation,  while  Sperry's  Vegetable 
Composition  is  one  of  the  best  family  medicines  for  the  use  of  young  or  old  in 
all  cases  of  headache,  pains  in  the  limbs,  stomach  or  bowels,  cold  hands  or  feet, 
and  female  complaints  caused  by  cold.  Dr.  Wiers'  Neutralizing  Mixture  is 
without  a  peer  in  cases  of  flatulency  in  children,  diarrhcea,  vitiated  secretion, 
cholera-infantum,  etc.,  and  a  particularly  valuable  remedy  is  the  "3d  Preparation 
of  No.  1 "  for  suspended  animation,  lock-jaw  aud  hydrophobia,  or  for  an  emetic. 
The  business  of  compounding  and  selling  these  invaluable  preparations  has 
been  established  for  fifty  years.  The  late  Dr.  Sperry  was  a  physician  of  note 
and  a  chemist  of  the  highest  standing.  Since  his  death  the  business  has  been 
carried  on  by  his  widow  with  the  competent  assistance  of  chemists  thoroughly 
versed  in  the  methods  of  compounding  these  remedies.  The  business  has  for 
many  years  been  carried  on  at  No.  10  Mulberry  Street,  and  is  still  located  there. 


PARK  KNITTING  WORKS,  Manufacturers  of  Medium 
and  Fine  Woolen  and  Worsted  Gloves  and  Mittens,  No.  336  Asylum  Street. — 
Inventive  genius  has  made  many  brilliant  discoveries  in  the  immediate  past, 
but  men  have  yet  failed  to  find  any  substitute  whatever  which  could  serve  as 
well  the  purposes  for  which  knitted  worsted  goods  have  been  used  for  hundreds 
of  years.  The  Park  Knitting  Works  of  Hartford  (No.  336  Asylum  Street)  have 
for  the  past  fifteen  years  maintained  a  recognized  and  leading  position  in  this 
department  of  local  trade.  The  proprietors  are  Messrs.  C.  C.  Plaisted  &  Co., 
and  the  business  has  been  under  their  active  management  since  its  first  estab- 
lishment in  1S79.  They  manufacture  a  general  line  of  medium  and  fine 
woolen  and  worsted  gloves,  mittens,  bicycle  hose  and  seamless  sweaters  of  a 
fine  grade,  which  have  proven  uniformly  and  widely  successful.  Among  their 
leading  specialties  are  bright  silk  mittens,  bicycle  hose,  and  seamless  sweaters 
in  white  and  special  colors  ;  these  are  made  from  the  best  long  Australian  wool 
and  give  exceptional  satisfaction  in  the  matter  of  durability  and  solid  wear. 
Their  trade  extends  to  all  parts  of  the  country  and  has  been  increasing  each 
year.  This  is  a  natural  result  of  the  reliable  first-class  material,  high  grade  of 
work,  and  liberal  prices  maintained.  It  will  be  difficult  to  find  on  the  American 
market  a  line  of  goods  which  can  give  equally  good  results  for  the  money,  and 
with  the  steadily  increasing  intelligence  of  the  people  a  fact  of  this  sort  is 
bound  to  tell.  Dealers  should  not  fail  to  make  a  thorough  trial  of  the  reliable 
goods  of  the  Park  Kuittiug  Works,  and  they  will  find  them  to  more  than  equal 
expectation. 


108 


BRIDGE    IN    BUSHNELL    PARK. 


P.  H.  DUNN,  Dealer  in  Hardwood  and  Slate  Mantels, 
Grates  and  Brass  Goods,  No.  21S  Pearl  Street. — The  art  of  woodworking  and 
stonecutting  has  reached  such  a  high  degree  of  excellence  that  to  say  a  dealer 
carries  a  line  of  such  goods  that  are  equal  to  the  best  is  to  give  them  unqualified 
and  unreserved  endorsement  but  this  is  just  what  may  truthfully  and  reasonably 
be  said  of  the  goods  handled  by  Mr.  P.  H.  Dunn  ;  and,  hence,  all  who  place 
orders  with  him  are  sure  of  having  them  filled  in  a  thoroughly  artistic  and 
satisfactory  manner.  Mr.  Dunn  has  been  located  at  his  present  address  since 
iSgt,  and  is  doubtless  one  of  the  most  widely-known  of  our  resident  business 
men.  Mr.  Dunn  is  a  dealer  in  hardwood  and  slate  mantels,  grates  and  brass 
goods  of  all  kinds;  also,  art  tiles  for  fireplaces,  bathrooms  and  wainscoting,  as 
well  as  monuments,  headstones  and  slate  urinals.  The  premises  utilized  are 
located  at  No.  218  Pearl  Street,  comprising  two  floors,  each  2,250  square  feet  in 
dimensions,  which  contain  a  large  and  varied  assortment  of  the  goods  named 
above.  Four  competent  assistants  are  employed,  and  prompt  attention  is  given 
to  every  order,  special  attention  being  given  to  the  laying  of  marble  and  mosaic 
floors,  work  being  executed  in  all  parts  of  the  State.  Mr.  Dunn,  who  is  a 
native  of  Connecticut,  is  welt  known  throughout  this  vicinity.  He  does  a  large 
business,  and  it  is  very  natural  that  he  should,  for  he  offers  unsurpassed 
inducements,  and  both  as  regards  prices  for  and  quality  of  work  can  safely 
challenge  competition. 


THE  ELDREDGE  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Fine  Casket 
Hardware,  No.  1 10  Commerce  Street ;  H.  G.  Kellogg,  President ;  Geo.  L.  R. 
Eldredge,  Manager;  E.J.  Eldredge,  Treasurer. — It  is  undeniable  that  there  is 
great  advantage  in  buying  from  a  growing  concern,  not  only  because  of  the 
greater  variety  in  the  stock  presented,  but,  what  is  of  still  greater  consequence, 
for  such  a  house,  as  a  result  of  its  large  connection  and  the  wide  scope  of  its 
transactions,  is  in  a  position  to  quote  closer  prices  than  smaller  competitors  find 
it  possible  to  meet.  It  is  for  this  reason  that  The  Eldredge  Company,  of  this 
city,  is  able  to  maintain  a  leading  position  among  houses  in  its  branch  of  trade, 
and  command  the  largest  and  best  class  of  patronage.  The  company,  of  which 
Mr.  H.  G.  Kellogg  is  President,  Mr.  E.  J.  Eldredge  is  Treasurer,  and  Mr.  Geo. 
L.  R.  Eldredge  is  Manager,  have  been  prominent  for  many  years  as  manufact- 
urers of  fine  casket  hardware,  having  formerly  been  located  at  South  Glaston- 
bury, in  this  State.  They  removed  their  plant  to  this  city  some  two  years  ago, 
in  order  that  they  might  have  better  facilities  for  shipping,  etc.  Their  trade 
extends  throughout  the  United  States,  and  is  annually  extending.  Their 
factory  building  is  70  x  100  feet,  and  is  divided  into  a  moulding  room,  buffing 
or  finishing  room,  plating  room  and  shipping  department,  the  equipment  of 
the  plant  being  perfect  in  every  detail.  They  employ  an  average  force  of 
twenty  skilled  hands,  and  are  always  prepared  to  fill  the  largest  orders 
promptly.     The  company's  offices  are  at  No.  no  Commerce  Street. 


H.  E.  BUSINGS,  Asphalt  and  Concrete  Pavements ;  Chim- 
ney Flue  Linings  ;  Extension  Tops  ;  No.  154  Charter  Oak,  Corner  Van  Dyke, 
Avenue. — Americans  have  the  reputation  of  being  a  loug-suffering  people, 
particularly  in  those  matters  which  affect  the  community  as  a  whole  rather  than 
the  individual,  and  one  of  the  most  astonishing  evidences  of  this  apparent 
apathy  to  the  public  comfort  and  convenience,  as  viewed  by  a  foreigner,  is  the 
manner  in  which  we  put  up  with  the  rough  and  unsightly  paving  of  city  streets- 
It  is  notable,  however,  that  American  cities  have  greatly  improved  of  recent  years 
in  respect  to  their  pavements.  Smooth,  level  highways  have  taken  the  place  of 
the  jolting  and  everyway  miserable  cobbles  of  former  times,  and  miles  of  asphalt 
streets  have  been  laid  in  nearly  all  of  our  cities  and  towns.  For  paving  this 
material  is  coming  into  wide  favor,  for  reasons  which  must  be  apparent  to  every 
one  who  has  ridden  or  walked  over  it.  Among  the  representative  houses 
making  a  specialty  of  this  description  of  paving  is  that  which  was  established  in 
1S84  by  Mr.  H.  E.  Billings,  and  still  conducted  by  him  at  No.  154  Charter  Oak 
Avenue,  corner  of  Van  Dyke.  He  has  an  extensive  business  in  the  laying  of 
concrete  and  asphalt  pavements,  but  this  is  only  one  part  of  his  extensive 
enterprise,  his  business  including  the  setting  and  selling  of  North  River  and 
Pennsylvania  flagging,  coping,  etc.,  Glastonbury  and  Haddam  granite  curb, 
gutter  and  cross-walk,  and  chimney  flue  linings  and  extension  tops.  He  also 
deals  largely  in  Rosendale  and  Portland  cements,  J.  B.  King's  Windsor  cement 
and  dry  mortar,  Massachusetts  and  Canaan  limes,  plaster,  hair,  mortar,  colors, 
sea  sand,  drain  tile,  etc. 


FRED.  R.  lyOYDON,  State  Agent  for  The  United  States 
Mutual  Accident  Association,  No.  73  Pearl  Street. — Mr.  Fred  R.  Loydon  has 
conducted  the  Connecticut  agencies  of  The  United  States  Mutual  Accident 
Association  since  1S92,  and  is  therefore  widely  known  and  highly  esteemed 
throughout  Connecticut.  This  association  was  formed  for  the  purpose  of  fur- 
nishing thoroughly  dependable  accident  insurance  at  the  lowest  cost  consistent 
with  equity,  and  it  is  but  simple  justice  to  say  that  it  has  fully  justified  the 
claims  of  its  founders,  and  has  proved  that  their  announced  determination  to 
build  up  an  association  that  shall  be  an  honor  to  the  officers,  a  credit  to  the 
United  States,  and  a  certain  protection  to  the  insured,  was  made  in  good  faith, 
and  has  been,  and  is  still  being,  executed  with  most  commendable  ability  and 
zeal.  All  just  claims  are  paid  promptly  and  in  full,  and  the  liberality  of  the 
policy  and  excellence  of  the  management  are  proved  by  the  fact  that  the  asso- 
ciation pays  more  benefits  than  any  other  company  without  increasing  the  cost. 
The  indemnities  are  offered  at  remarkably  low  rates ;  in  short,  the  advantages 
offered  are  such  that  no  man  can  afford  to  remain  in  ignorance  of  them,  and 
there  is  certainly  no  excuse  for  doing  so,  for  application  blanks,  rates  and  full 
information  will  be  cheerfully  given  on  application,  in  person  or  by  letter,  to 
Mr.  Fred.  R.  Loydon,  the  agent  located  at  No.  73  Pearl  Street,  or  to  the  New- 
York  office  at  Nos.  320,  322  and  324  Broadway.  Remember,  the  cost  of  insur- 
ance in  the  United  States  Accident  Association  is  within  the  means  of  all,  while 
the  benefits  derived,  in  case  of  death  or  total  or  partial  disability,  may  make  all 
the  difference  between  comfort  and  destitution, 


ASYLUM    STREET. 


C.  H.  SMITH,  Jr.,  Investment  Securities;  Stocks,  Bonds, 
Real-Estate  Loans;  .Etna  Insurance  Co. 's  Building. — Among  the  representa- 
tive men  in  the  stock-brokerage  business  in  Hartford,  special  mention  should 
be  made  of  Mr.  C.  H.  Smith,  Jr.,  who  for  many  years  has  occupied  a  prominent 
position  in  this  important  department  of  finance.  The  business  which  he  now 
controls  was  formerly  exclusively  confined  to  loans  on  approved  Western 
mortgages,  but  in  recent  years  its  scope  has  been  greatly  enlarged  and  now 
comprehends  operations  in  stocks,  bonds,  real-estate  loans,  and  securities  gen- 
erally, only  the  best  and  most  desirable  lines  being  handled.  The  business 
was  established  in  1870  by  Mr.  E.  D.  Tiffany,  who  was  succeeded  by  Messrs. 
C.  H.  Smith  &  Co.,  the  senior  member  of  that  firm  being  the  father  of  the 
present  head  of  the  house.  Mr.  C.  H.  Smith,  Sr.,  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Phoenix  Insurance  Company,  and  holds  a  similar  position  in 
the  Smyth  Manufacturing  Co.  and  the  Connecticut  Trust  and  Safe  Deposit  Co. 
Mr.  C.  H.  Smith,  Jr.,  is  a  man  of  large  experience  in  his  special  line,  and  one 
of  the  most  successful.  His  facilities  for  obtaining  the  most  reliable  infor- 
mation as  to  the  tendency  of  the  market  are  of  the  most  perfect  kind,  and  he 
is  therefore  well  situated  to  execute  orders  for  stock,  bonds  or  other  securities, 
either  for  investment  or  speculative  purposes.  Mr.  Smith  occupies  fine  offices 
on  the  ground  floor  of  the  yEtua  Insurance  Co. 's  building,  where  every  facility 
is  presented  to  customers  to  obtain  all  desirable  information. 


JOHN  S.  RUSSEI/I/,  Fine  Groceries,  Wines,  Etc.,  Nos.  640 
to  646  Main  Street. — It  is  a  matter  of  history  that  more  than  half  a  century  ago 
one  of  the  centrally  located  business  stands  in  the  then  village  of  Hartford  was 
the  general  store  of  Chester  Adams,  the  site  of  the  present  store  of  Mr.  John  S. 
Russell,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Generation  after  generation  have  "bar- 
tered "  at  this  stand.  The  original  building  in  course  of  time  has  given  way  to 
more  modern  conveniences,  and  the  reputation  of  the  house  still  holds  good. 
The  successor  to  Chester  Adams  was  James  M.  Adams,  who  continued  from  the 
year  1S63  to  1869,  when  Hiram  W.  Adams  conducted  the  business,  he  selling 
out  to  Mr.  Byron  P.  Soper.  In  1S72  Mr.  Hiram  W.  Adams  again  resumed  the 
business,  he  again  selling  out  to  Mr.  Byron  P.  Soper,  who  afterwards  sold  out 
to  Messrs.  Russell  &  Barns,  who  conducted  the  business  until  November  1, 
1882,  when  Mr.  John  S.  Russell  assumed  the  business,  purchasing  the  interest 
of  his  partner.  The  store,  Nos.  640  to  646  Main  Street,  is  50  x  100  feet  in 
dimensions,  with  an  extension  of  20  feet  used  for  storing  purposes,  also  a  large 
cellar  extending  underneath  the  entire  store,  giving  ample  room  for  his  busi- 
ness, and  is  thoroughly  stocked  with  a  very  comprehensive  and  well-selected 
stock  of  everything  in  the  way  of  fancy  and  staple  groceries,  and  embraces  pure 
and  fresh  teas,  coffees,  spices,  sugars,  foreign  and  domestic  fruits,  canned  goods 
of  the  highest  standard,  select  brands  of  flour,  provisions,  smoked  and  salt 
meats,  and  fish.  Mr.  Russell  makes  a  particular  specialty  of  teas  and  coffees, 
also  of  pure  and  fresh  creamery  butter,  the  latter  being  received  from  the  best 
dairies  in  the  country.     He  also  makes  a  specialty  of  foreign  and  domestic 


wines,  liquors,  cigars,  ales  and  cider,  which  can  be  purchased  in  any  quantity 
desired,  and  for  the  accommodation  of  patrons  a  well  fitted-up  sample  room  is  in 
the  rear  of  his  store.  The  goods  of  this  establishment  are  noted  for  their  fresh- 
ness and  absolute  purity,  and  customers  can  always  have  the  complete  satisfac- 
tion of  knowing  that  nothing  inferior  or  adulterated  will  be  sold  to  them. 
Polite  attendance  is  given  to  patrons,  and  the  utmost  care  and  diligence  is 
given  to  the  fulfillment  of  their  orders,  while  the  store  is  a  model  of  neatness 
and  cleanliness.  Mr.  Russell  is  a  native  of  Cromwell,  this  State,  and  from 
there  he  moved  to  Middletown,  Conn.,  residing  there  until  1863,  when  he 
moved  to  Hartford,  entering  the  employ  of  Jas.  M.  Adams,  and  remaining  with 
the  house  through  its  successive  changes  until  he  became  sole  proprietor.  He 
is  a  wide-awake,  pushing  and  energetic  business  man,  honorable  and  popular, 
and  enjoys  the  confidence  of  the  entire  community. 


THE    SINGER    MANUFACTURING    COMPANY; 

Hartford  Office  No.  5  Allyn  House  Block,  Asylum  Street. — It  has  long  been 
a  matter  of  debate  as  to  which  is  the  best  of  the  various  makes  of  sewing 
machines  now  on  the  market.  Those  who  have  used  the  world-famous  Singer 
have  but  one  opinion  on  that  subject,  and  it  would  be  a  most  difficult  if  not  an 
impossible  task  to  induce  them  to  change  in  favor  of  another  machine.  While 
most  of  the  other  machines  on  the  market  have  many  points  in  common,  and 
good  ones  at  that  it  must  be  admitted,  the  Singer  sewing  machine  holds  a  place 
distinctively  alone  as  different  from  that  of  the  others,  as  its  mechanism,  its 
durability  and  its  capacity  for  work  of  every  description  differ  from  theirs. 
For  family  use  the  Singer  is  without  an  equal,  and  it  is  preferred  by  tailors, 
shoe  manufacturers  and  other  industrial  concerns,  for  whose  use  it  is  made  in 
special  forms,  particularly  adapted  to  the  class  of  work  on  which  they  are 
engaged.  The  Singer  is  the  oldest  and  most  reliable  machine  made,  and  it  is 
used  by  hundreds  of  thousands  of  people  in  all  parts  of  the  world  (nearly 
twelve  million  machines  have  been  made  by  the  company),  being  as  favorably 
known  in  Europe  as  it  is  on  this  continent.  The  company  received  the  first 
premium  at  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition,  and  fifty-four  first  awards,  the 
largest  number  of  awards  obtained  by  any  exhibitor,  more  than  double  the 
number  received  by  all  the  other  sewing-machine  companies.  The  headquart- 
ers of  The  Singer  Manufacturing  Company  in  Hartford  is  at  No.  5  Allyn  House 
Block  (having  occupied  the  same  store  continuously  for  36  years),  and  is  under 
the  able  management  of  Mr.  J.  W.  Osborn,  who  has  had  a  long  practical  expe- 
rience in  this  department  of  business.  Three  floors,  each  30  x  60  feet  in  extent, 
are  occupied,  and  every  style  of  the  Singer  Machine  is  on  exhibition.  A  large 
amount  of  business  is  done  at  the  Hartford  office,  the  City  Department  alone 
employing  four  bookkeepers,  sixteen  salesmen  and  operators,  and  three  expert 
machinists  to  attend  to  necessary  repairs  and  the  fitting  up  of  factories  with  power 
tables  and  machines  for  every  variety  of  work,  they  being  always  in  attendance 
to  show  and  explain  the  operation  of  the  machine.  This,  however,  may  be 
seen  almost  at  a  glance,  for  one  of  the  many  good  points  of  the  Singer  is  its 
extreme  simplicity,  and  its  freedom  from  liability  to  get  out  of  order. 


SOUTH    SCHOOL. 


GEMMILI,,  BURNHAM  &  CO.,  Merchant  Tailors,  Man- 
ufacturers and  Retailers  of  Fine  Ready-Made  Clothing,  Nos.  64,  66  and  6S 
Asylum  Street. — The  triteness  of  the  saying  that  the  best  is  the  cheapest  takes 
nothing  from  its  force,  particularly  in  its  application  to  clothing,  nor  is  that 
equally  trite  aphorism,  "It  pays  to  buy  the  best,"  to  be  despised  by  the  buyer 
of  wearing  apparel.  The  best  in  this  sense  does  not  mean  that  which  is  the 
highest  priced,  but  substantial,  well-made  and  handsomely-fitting  garments, 
such  as  are  found  in  profusion  at  the  well-kept  and  widely-known  establish- 
ment of  Messrs.  Gemmill,  Burnham  &  Co.,  at  Nos.  64,  66  and  68  Asylum  Street. 
This  firm  has  a  reputation  for  reliability  and  for  their  moderate  charges — a 
reputation  based  on  many  years  of  straightforward  methods  and  honorable 
dealings.  They  laid  the  foundations  of  their  prosperous  business  in  1871,  and 
have  continued  to  thrive  and  grow  as  do  only  those  houses  which  command  the 
confidence  of  the  public.  The  firm  have  been  located  at  their  present  stand 
since  18S2,  and  are  known  far  and  near  as  leading  merchant  tailors,  manufact- 
urers and  retailers  of  fine  ready-made  clothing.  They  occupy  three  floors  of 
the  fine  building  on  Asylum  Street,  the  space  covered  by  which  is  40X  120  feet. 
In  their  manufacturing  department  they  employ  an  average  of  forty  skilled 
hands,  in  addition  to  three  expert  cutters,  and  in  the  retail  store  they  have 
fifteen  clerks  and  salesmen.  The  advantages  of  buying  of  the  manufacturer  are 
so  apparent  that  it  is  unnecessary  to  go  into  that  subject  here.  The  members 
of  the  firm  are  popular  and  prominent  men,  Mr.  Burnham  having  held  a  seat 
in  the  Board  of  Aldermen  for  four  years  and  in  the  City  Council  for  a  year, 
while  Mr.  Gemmill  served  for  three  years  in  the  16th  Connecticut  Regiment, 
and  is  now  Captain  of  the  City  Guard  of  Veterans.  Messrs.  Gemmill, 
Burnham  &  Co.,  carry  a  very  large  line  of  men's,  boys'  and  children's  clothing 
of  the  best  materials  and  workmanship.  Their  custom  department  is  one  of 
the  largest  in  the  city,  and  their  work  in  this  line  is  not  surpassed  by  that  of 
any  other  house  in  the  trade,  not  excepting  those  who  make  a  specialty  of 
custom  tailoring. 


THE  I,OVEU,  &  TRACY  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Cylin- 
der  Lubricating  Oils  and  Axle  and  Shafting  Grease ;  Axleine ;  C.  A.  Lovell, 
President ;  S.  G.  Tracy,  Secretary  and  Treasurer  ;  Office,  No.  71  Asylum  Street ; 
Manufactories,  Nos.  75,  77  and  79  Ferry  Street  and  No.  243  State  Street. — The 
immense  and  important  manufacturing  interests  of  the  section  of  the  country 
for  which  Hartford  is  the  natural  depot  of  supplies  demand  the  largest  and 
most  varied  facilities  for  procuring  these  supplies  in  the  most  prompt  and  satis- 
factory manner,  and  has  resulted  in  the  building  up  and  maintenance  of  a  com- 
mercial community  the  magnitude  aud  scope  of  which  are  not  exceeded  by  any 
business  district  of  similar  extent  in  the  country.  In  the  whole  range  of  com- 
modities covered  by  this  great  field  there  are  none  of  higher  consequence  than 
those  coming  under  the  head  of  mill  supplies,  and  there  are  few  that  equal  in 
importance  the  lubricants  which  are  used  in  such  a  variety  of  forms  and  in  such 
vast  quantities  by  the  great  industrial  establishments  of  this  section.    Therefore, 


the  facilities  presented  by  The  Lovell  &  Tracy  Co.  are  of  a  character  that  is 
thoroughly  appreciated  by  manufacturers  and  consumers  generally,  as  is 
attested  by  the  large  and  constantly-increasing  business  done  by  the  firm. 
They  are  manufacturers  of  cylinder  lubricating  oils  and  axle  and  shafting 
grease,  their  celebrated  Axleine  having  a  very  large  sale  as  one  of  the  best 
and  cheapest  lubricants  known.  The  firm  was  established  in  1882,  and  have 
always  been  large  manufacturers  and  dealers,  the  extent  of  their  business  being 
indicated  by  the  fact  that  the}'  have  a  large  number  of  traveling  salesmen 
throughout  the  United  States,  their  trade  extending  from  New  England  to 
Texas  and  California.  They  handle  extensively  the  animal  oils  used  by  woolen 
and  other  textile  manufacturers,  leather  men,  etc.,  and  also  naphtha  and  burn- 
ing oils.  They  make  special  brands  of  harness  oil  and  harness  soap  which  are 
extremely  popular,  and  a  superior  furniture  polish  which  has  a  wide  sale.  At 
Nos.  75,  77  aud  79  Ferry  Street,  and  No.  243  State  Street,  they  occupy  two  large 
buildings  for  manufacturing  and  storage  purposes,  their  offices  being  at  No.  71 
Asylum  Street. 


E.  SIMONS  &  CO.,  Dealers  in  and  Restorers  of  Antique 
Furniture,  No.  174  Pearl  Street. — Although  a  great  deal  of  the  "newspaper 
talk"  concerning  the  alleged  manufacture  of  "antique"  furniture  is  so  exag- 
gerated as  to  be  unworthy  of  credence,  it  still  has  sufficient  foundation  in  fact 
to  make  it  worth  while  to  use  careful  discrimination  in  the  placing  of  orders  for 
such  goods,  as  there  is  unquestionably  much  furniture  sold  at  fancy  prices  as 
"genuine  antique"  which  is  only  antique  in  name.  Of  course,  the  making  of 
furniture  in  antique  styles  is  a  perfectly  legitimate  industry,  but  it  should  be 
sold  on  its  own  intrinsic  merits  and  not  be  given  a  fictitious  value  by  being 
represented  to  be  many  years  old.  Messrs.  E.  Simons  S:  Co.  have  gained  an 
enviable  reputation  as  widely-informed  and  thoroughly-trustworthy  dealers  in 
antique  furniture  during  the  four  years  that  they  have  carried  on  that  business 
in  Hartford,  and  as  their  stock  is  always  large  and  desirable,  and  their  prices 
uniformly  moderate,  our  readers  would  do  well  to  call  at  their  store,  No.  174 
Pearl  Street,  before  purchasing  elsewhere.  They  deal  in  and  restore  antique 
furniture,  buying  it  and  cleaning  it  up  for  sale,  and  are  very  successful  in 
obtaining  rare  and  artistic  specimens  of  such  goods,  and  have  some  nice  old 
curiosities  in  the  above-named  lines,  including  several  "grandfather  clocks." 
Messrs.  Simons  &  Co.  maintain  a  well-equipped  establishment,  a  part  of  which 
is  utilized  as  a  cabinet  shop,  where  first-class  repairing  is  done  to  order  and  at 
reasonable  rates,  a  specialty  being  made  of  the  repairing  of  hall  clocks,  re- 
gilding  mirror  frames,  etc.  Employment  is  given  to  a  number  of  skilled 
assistants,  and  no  trouble  is  spared  to  ensure  complete  satisfaction  to  every 
customer.  Mr.  E.  Simons  is  a  native  of  Connecticut,  aud  Mr.  Patrick  Stevens 
of  Canada,  and  both  are  too  well  known  among  the  reliable  business  men  of 
Hartford  to  require  any  personal  comments  from  us;  therefore,  we  will  only 
add,  in  conclusion,  that  all  who  desire  to  obtain  bargains  in  genuine  antique 
furniture  should  visit  their  establishment. 


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J.  P.  MARTIN,  Choice  Family  Groceries;  Best  Teas,  Coffees, 
Spices,  Etc.;  Flour,  Butter,  Eggs,  Etc.;  No.  125  Charter  Oak  Street. — A  store  of 
the  character  and  appearance  of  that  conducted  by  Mr.  J.  P.  Martin  at  No.  125 
Charter  Oak  Street  is  a  credit  to  any  community,  and  this  fact  seems  to  be 
fully  appreciated  by  the  people  of  this  vicinity,  who  show  their  appreciation 
by  a  liberal  and  sustained  patronage.  Appearances,  however,  might  count  for 
little  with  discriminating  buyers  were  they  not  supported  by  something  more 
substantial,  and  it  is  evident  from  a  glance  at  the  stock  presented  at  Mr. 
Martin's  establishment  why  he  enjoys  such  a  large  and  prosperous  trade. 
From  the  beginning  of  his  enterprise  he  has  made  it  an  invariable  rule  to  handle 
none  but  first-class  goods,  and  by  so  doing  he  has  been  able  to  attract  and  hold 
the  most  desirable  class  of  patronage.  It  may  be  said  that  a  better  or  more 
complete  stock  of  choice  family  groceries  is  not  to  be  found  anywhere  in  the 
city.  The  finest  brands  of  flour  have  a  conspicuous  place  in  it,  and  those  who 
are  judges  of  good  teas  and  coffees  pronounce  Mr.  Martin's  stock  unsurpassed. 
Pure  spices  are  another  most  notable  feature  of  the  stock,  considering  that  in 
these  days  it  is  next  to  impossible  to  obtain  any  of  the  condiments  free  from 
adulteration.  In  fact,  all  of  the  staples  are  of  the  very  best  quality,  and  sold 
at  prices  that  defy  competition.  Mr.  Martin  is  an  energetic,  progressive  man, 
and  well  deserves  the  popularity  he  has  gained. 


IDEAI,  RESTAURANT  (C.  W.  Johnson,  Proprietor),  No. 
250  Asylum  Street. — It  might  seem  at  first  thought  easy  enough  to  manage  a 
restaurant,  bnt  there  is  no  person  who  has  had  much  occasion  to  patronize 
these  places  but  what  will  say  that  the  really  good  ones  are  a  small  minority. 
Why,  is  not  for  us  to  state.  We  have  our  own  theories  on  the  subject,  but  our 
readers  want  facts  rather  than  theories,  and  are  naturally  more  interested  in 
learning  of  one  good  dining-room  than  in  hearing  the  reasons  why  a  half-a- 
dozen  are  not  good.  Therefore,  we  will  hasten  to  call  their  attention  to  the 
"Ideal  Restaurant"  conducted  by  Mr.  C.  W.  Johnson  at  No.  250  Asylum 
Street,  for  this  gentleman  is  one  of  the  few  who  know  how  things  should  be 
doue,  and  spares  neither  time  nor  money  in  attaining  satisfactory  results.  Mr. 
Johnson  opened  his  present  place  of  business  in  1S93,  and  rightly  named  it  the 
"Ideal  Restaurant."  The  premises  comprise  a  fine  store  20x50 feet  in  size,  and 
can  accommodate  quite  a  number  of  guests,  being  nicely  fitted  up  with  all  the 
necessary  conveniences.  But,  after  all,  the  main  point  to  be  considered  in  an 
establishment  of  this  kind  is  the  food,  and  here  Mr.  Johnson  comes  out  strong, 
for  he  supplies  his  customers  with  the  best  that  the  market  affords,  and  takes 
measures  to  see  that  it  is  properly  cooked,  and  promptly  and  courteously 
served.  Employment  is  given  to  seven  competent  assistants,  and  the  comfort 
and  convenience  of  patrons  are  looked  out  for  on  every  hand.  The  prices  here 
are  very  moderate,  a  hot  dinner  being  served  from  11:30  A.  M.  to  2:30  p.  M.  for 
twenty-five  cents,  and  meals  are  also  cooked  to  order,  the  restaurant  being 
open  on  week  days  from  6  a.m.  to  8  p.m.,  and  on  Sundays  from  8  a.m.  to  5  P.M. 
A  specialty  is  made  of  regular  board  and  meal  tickets,  the  prices  of  which  are 
very  reasonable. 


EAGLE  DYE-HOUSE  (George  Rohrtnayer,  Proprietor)  ; 
Ladies'  and  Gentlemen's  Garments  of  Every  Description  Cleansed  and  Dyed  ; 
No.  it  Wells  Street  and  No.  SS  Trumbull  Street. — For  twenty  years  a  leading  and 
successful  house  in  its  department  of  local  trade  has  been  conducted  by  Mr. 
George  Rohrmayer  of  this  city.  The  Eagle  Dye- Works,  at  No.  11  Wells 
Street  and  No.  88  Trumbull  Street,  are  known  far  and  wide  through  this  part  of 
the  State  as  affording  a  very  superior  and  reliable  class  of  work  at  unexcelled 
terms  and  prices.  They  were  established  by  Mr.  Rohrmayer  in  1874,  and  have 
been  under  his  careful,  thorough  management  from  the  first.  Neatly  and  well- 
equipped  business  premises  are  occupied  at  above  address,  and  a  corps  of  seven 
trained  assistants  regularly  employed.  Every  kind  of  ladies'  and  gentlemen's 
garments  is  .cleansed,  dyed  and  repaired  in  the  very  best  manner.  The  prices 
are  fully  equal  to  those  obtained  in  the  large  city  establishments,  and  the  serv- 
ice is  invariably  of  the  most  reliable  kind.  Delicate  work,  lace  curtains, 
feathers,  etc.,  are  handled  with  the  best  of  care,  and  satisfaction  guaranteed  on 
all  work.  Another  popular  feature  is  the  prompt  delivery  which  can  always  be 
relied  upon  with  this  leading  house.  When  in  search  of  the  best  results  in 
this  line,  where  great  economy  can  often  be  secured  by  good  judgment,  our 
readers  will  do  well  to  use  the  superior  facilities  of  the  well-known  Eagle  Dye- 
House. 


ROBERT  WALKER  &  CO.,  Painters'  Supplies,  Paints, 
Oils,  Glass;  Painting  and  Decorating  Executed  Promptly;  Wall  Papers,  Decora- 
tions, Window  Shades,  Curtain  Poles,  Artists'  Materials;  No.  389  Main  Street. — 
One  of  the  most  complete  establishments  of  its  kind  in  Hartford  is  that  of 
Messrs.  Robert  Walker  &  Co.,  who  since  1870  have  held  a  prominent  place 
among  the  decorators  of  this  city,  and  the  position  they  hold  has  been  earned 
by  the  force  of  ability  and  square  dealing.  All  of  their  work  bears  evidence  of 
painstaking  care  and  a  desire  to  give  their  patrons  the  best  that  is  attainable 
in  return  for  their  confidence  in  them.  They  use  nothing  but  the  best  material, 
whether  the  work  be  interior  decorating,  paper-hanging  or  house-painting,  and, 
as  they  employ  only  the  most  competent  workmen,  whatever  they  undertake  in 
their  line  is  sure  to  be  well  done.  Besides  the  practical  department  of  their 
business,  they  carry  an  extensive  line  of  wall  papers,  decorations,  window 
shades,  curtain  poles,  artist  materials,  painters' supplies,  paints,  oils,  glass,  etc., 
at  their  store,  No.  3S9  Main  Street.  The  premises  utilized  comprise  three 
floors  2ox  160  feet  in  size,  and  a  shop  in  the  rear,  besides  a  storehouse  at 
another  location.  During  the  busy  season  employment  is  given  to  about  forty 
men,  thirty  of  whom  are  employed  on  outside  work  and  ten  in  the  store. 
Estimates  for  all  work  in  their  various  departments  will  be  promptly  and 
cheerfully  given,  and  orders  entrusted  to  them  will  be  executed  with  the 
greatest  dispatch.  The  business  was  established  in  1870  by  Robert  Walker. 
Theylmoved  to  their  present  store  in  1S82.  Mr.  Warren  R.  Marsh,  after  being 
employed  in  the  store  for  many  years,  was  admitted  as  a  partner  in  1SS8.  Mr. 
Walker  is  a  native  of  Scotland  aud  has  been  in  this  countrv  for  thirty-five 
years.     Mr.  Marsh  is  a  native  of  Plaiufield,  N.  J. 


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ROBERT  GARVIE  (Successor  to  Wm.  A.  Garvie),  Practical 

Plumber  and  Gas-Fitter;  Gas  Fixtures  a  Specialty ;  Dealer  in  Water  Closets, 
Marble  Slabs,  Bath-Tubs,  Hydrants,  Sheet- Lead,  Lead-Pipe,  Plain  and  Galvan- 
ized Iron  Pipe,  Hydraulic  Rams,  Copper  Boilers  and  Galvanized  Boilers;  No. 
12  Mulberry  Street. — So  much  has  been  written  and  said  of  late  years  on  the 
subject  of  sanitary  plumbing  that  it  may  be  assumed  that  the  average  house- 
owner  or  householder  is  fully  alive  to  the  importance  of  this  matter.  It  does 
not  follow,  however,  that  he  or  they  are  as  well  posted  regarding  the  qualifica- 
tions of  the  various  men  who  may  bid  for  the  plumbing  work  they  may  have  to 
dispense.  For  the  benefit  of  those  who  may  not  already  be  apprised  of  the  fact, 
we  would  say  that  there  is  no  firm  in  Hartford  better  equipped  for  the  most 
modern  and  advanced  work  in  this  line  than  is  Mr.  Robert  Garvie.  This  gen- 
tleman has  sustained  a  high  reputation  as  a  progressive  man  and  thoroughly 
practical  plumber  and  gas-fitter  for  the  past  twenty-five  years.  Mr.  Garvie  was 
born  in  Scotland,  but  was  brought  to  this  country  while  an  infant.  He  learned 
his  trade  in  Hartford,  and  has  long  made  this  city  his  home.  His  place  of 
business  at  No.  12  Mulberry  Street  is  provided  with  an  elegant  show-room 
25  x  25  feet  in  dimensions,  where  are  displayed  the  finest  examples  of  baths, 
wash-stands,  etc.,  and  the  latest  sanitary  improvements.  Mr.  Garvie  has  done 
work  for  many  of  the  representative  people  of  this  city.  He  did  the  plumbing 
in  the  Waverly  Building,  the  Henblien  Hotel,  the  State  Prison,  the  residences 
of  Mark  Twain,  Mr.  C.  R.  Forrest,  Mr.  L.  Fisk,  Mr.  J.  J.  Goodwin  and  many 
others.  The  number  of  his  assistants  varies  from  six  to  twenty,  according  to 
the  season.  In  addition  to  his  business  as  a  practical  plumber  aud  gas-fitter, 
Mr.  Garvie  deals  in  plumbing  supplies,  including  water-closets,  marble  slabs, 
bath-tubs,  hydrants,  sheet-lead,  lead-pipe,  plain  and  galvanized  iron  pipe, 
hydraulic  rams,  copper  and  galvanized-iron  boilers.  He  makes  a  specialty  of 
gas  fixtures.  For  two  terms  Mr.  Garvie  represented  his  ward  in  the  Board  of 
Aldermen. 


H .  K .  1/  E  E  ,  Mechanical  Engineer  ;  Sales  Agent  for  the 
Buckeye  Engine;  Mill  Gearing,  Pulleys,  Hangers  and  Shafting;  Office  and 
Works,  No.  223  State  Street ;  P.  O.  Box  780.— Mr.  Lee  has  had  a  large  experi- 
ence during  the  past  fifteen  years 
in  the  erection  of  engines  in  all 
parts  of  the  country.  Nine-tenths 
of  the  marvelous  progress  made  in 
the  nineteenth  century  is  due  to 
the  knowledge  and  skill  of  the 
mechanical  engineer.  This  state- 
ment may  be  questioned;  but  when 
it  is  considered  how  much  of  our 
greatness  is  the  direct  result  of  the  improved  machinery — the  application  of 
forces  hitherto  little  understood  aud  less  utilized — the  assertion  does  not  appear 
to  be  too  bold.     The  hamperiug  influences  which  in  all  ages  have  prevented 


the  rapid  spread  of  ideas  have  been  removed  by  the  invention  of  improvements 
and  additions  to  the  printing  press,  cheapening  the  cost  of  books  and  periodi- 
cals, and  placing  them  promptly  at  the  disposal  of  the  masses.  Here  we  have 
the  fundamental  principle  of  all  progress,  and  we  need  not  go  further  in  ex- 
patiating on  those  other  means  of'rapid  communication — the  railroad,  the  tele- 
graph, the  telephone — all  the  product  of  the  genius  of  mechanical  engineers.  In 
the  department  of  steam  the  greatest  developments  are  to  be  noted,  and  in  this 
connection  Mr.  H.  K.  Lee's  services  to  the  people  of  Hartford  are  worthy  of 
mention.  Mr.  Lee  has  been  in  business  on  his  own  account  for  the  past  ten 
years,  but  had  previously  had  a  long  experience  as  a  mechanical  engineer.  He 
makes  a  specialty  of  steam-engineering,  and  is  an  expert  builder  of  steam- 
engines.  He  was  formerly  associated  with  the  Hartford  Engineering  Co., 
which  built  the  famous  and  world-famed  Buckeye  engine,  of  which  some  5,000 
have  been  shipped  to  all  parts  of  the  world.  Mr.  Lee  now  has  the  business  of 
the  late  Hartford  Engineering  Co.,  and  is  pushing  the  interests  of  the  Buckeye 
Engine  Co.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Engineers'  Club  of  Philadelphia,  and  is 
prominent  in  engineering  circles  generally. 


DRUG  STORE,  Goodwin  Building,  No.  214  Pearl  Street; 
Dr.  Cressy's  Office  is  in  the  store,  where  he  can  be  found  for  consultation  and 
advice. — When  purchasing  goods  of  any  kind  it  is,  of  course,  well  to  use  some 
discrimination  iu  the  placing  of  the  order;  but  when  buying  drugs,  either  for 
human  beings  or  animals,  careful  judgment  becomes  an  absolute  duty,  for  it  is 
of  the  first  importance  that  the  articles  obtained  shall  be  pure  and  reasonably 
fresh,  and  it  is  a  notorious  fact  that  by  no  means  all  the  drugs  in  the  market 
are  of  this  character.  Doubtless  many  of  our  readers  (and  certaiuly  a  large 
proportion  of  those  residing  in  Hartford)  have  satisfactorily  solved  the  problem 
of  where  to  get  reliable  drugs  at  fair  prices,  by  placing  all  their  orders  with 
Dr.  Noah  Cressy,  doing  business  in  the  Goodwin  Building  at  No.  214  Pearl 
Street,  for  not  only  is  he  prepared  to  furnish  such  commodities  of  standard 
quality  at  reasonable  rates,  but  he  shows  great  enterprise  in  acquaiuting  the 
public  with  the  fact,  and  hence  his  facilities  are  as  well  known  as  they  are  ex- 
tensive. Dr.  Cressy  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  and  has  been  identified  with 
his  present  business  since  1881.  The  store  utilized  by  him  is  25  x  60  feet  iu 
dimensions,  and  contains  a  large  and  varied  stock  comprising  drugs  and  medi- 
cines for  both  human  beings  and  animals,  but  a  specialty  is  made  of  those 
adapted  for  horses  and  cattle,  the  great  variety  on  hand  including  distemper 
powders,  and  those  for  cough,  worms,  garget,  as  well  as  tonic  and  skin  pow- 
ders, liniments,  hoof  ointment,  salves,  colic  medicines,  mange  lotion,  etc.,  all 
of  which  are  prepared  from  the  best  drugs  in  the  market,  both  foreign  and 
domestic.  Dr.  Cressy's  office  is  in  his  store,  where  he  can  be  consulted,  and  no 
trouble  is  spared  to  ensure  the  best  advice  in  even  the  most  trivial  cases.  Em- 
ployment is  given  to  a  thoroughly  competent  assistant,  and  all  callers  are 
assured  immediate  and  careful  attention. 


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OLD    PEOPLE'S    HOME 


HURD,  MEU/EN  &  HEWES,  Importers,  Wholesale 
and  Retail  Dealers  in  China,  Glassware,  Lamps,  Barstow  Stoves  and  Ranges, 
No.  255  Main  Street. — The  modern  housewife  hardly  appreciates  the  advantages 

she  possesses  in  the  matter  of 
a  profusion  of  household  uten- 
sils; not  alone  in  those  indis- 
pensable articles  of  kitchen 
use,  but  in  furnishings  for  the 
dining  room,  and,  in  fact,  every 
portion  of  the  domestic  man- 
agement. She  not  only  has 
a  much  greater  variety  of  these 
things,  but  their  cost  is  very 
much  less,  particularly  when 
the)-  are  purchased  at  such  an 
establishment  as  that  of  Messrs. 
Hurd,  Mellen  &  Hewes.  This 
well-known  firm  of  importers, 
wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in 
china,  glassware,  lamps,  stoves 
and  house  furnishings  gener- 
ally, have  a  widespread  reputation  for  the  excellence  of  their  goods  and  the 
low  prices  charged  in  all  departments.  Their  pronounced  success  is  the  result 
of  hard  work  directed  by  unusual  intelligence,  and  the  firm  have  the  satisfaction 
of  knowing  that  their  efforts  are  fully  appreciated  by  the  general  public.  Theirs 
is  one  of  the  oldest  stands  in  the  city,  its  beginning  dating  back  sixty  years, 
when  Mr.  E.  S.  Kendall  started  the  business  on  a  rather  modest  scale.  The 
present  firm  consists  of  Mr.  C.  F.  Hurd,  a  native  of  Connecticut;  Mr.  M. 
Mellen,  who  was  born  in  Massachusetts  and  served  with  distinction  in  the  44th 
Regiment  of  that  State  during  the  late  war,  and  Mr.  D.  N.  Hewes,  who  is  a 
native  of  Connecticut.  The  firm  occupies  commodious  quarters  at  No.  255 
Main  Street,  their  well-equipped  store  having  a  frontage  of  25  feet  and  a  depth 
of  185  feet,  while  the  basement,  which  is  utilized  for  storage  purposes,  measures 
25  x  200  feet.  The  firm  does  an  extensive  wholesale  and  retail  business,  aud 
carries  a  very  full  stock,  including  china  aud  glassware  of  every  description  ; 
lamps  in  great  variety,  including  the  celebrated  Rochester  and  Miller ;  lanterns, 
lamp  chimneys,  etc.;  the  popular  Barstow  stoves  and  ranges;  oil  stoves, 
refrigerators  of  the  most  approved  makes;  fruit  jars,  agate  ironware,  kitchen 
furnishings,  etc.  The  pay-roll  of  the  firm  contains  an  average  of  eighteen 
names,  and  only  the  most  competent  aud  experienced  men  are  employed. 


C.  S.  BREWER. &  CO. 

#  Wholesale  Fruit  Dealers  and 

#  Commission   Merchants, 

FLORIDA    ORANGES 

A     SPECIALTY. *~ ~^v 

Nos.  23S  and  240  ASYLUM  STREET. 


The  commission  house  of  Messrs.  C.  S.  Brewer  &  Co.  was  inaugurated 
by  them  in  1870,  and  the  success  it  has  met  with  and  the  liberal  patronage 
which  it  has  received  makes  it  worthy  of  an  establishment  of  much  longer 
standing.  There  is  so  much  competition  nowadays  in  the  fruit  aud  produce 
busiuess  that  they  who  succeed  in  it  must  be  pretty  well  informed,  and  know 
how  to  buy  judiciously  and  sell  reasonably.  Messrs.  Brewer  &  Co.  are  equal  to 
any  and  all  emergencies  which  may  arise,  however;  so  they  have  launched 
themselves  in  the  surging  sea  of  competition,  and  intend  to  run  their  chances 
in  the  great  race  for  wealth.  We  prognosticate,  from  present  appearances,  that 
fortune  has  aud  will  contiuue  to  smile  upon  their  efforts,  for  their  busiuess 
methods  are  honorable  and  their  integrity  is  unimpeachable.  They  are  whole- 
sale fruit  dealers  and  commission  merchants,  aud  make  a  specialty  of  Florida 
oranges.  The  premises  are  located  at  Nos.  238  and  240  Asylum  Street,  and 
measure  25  x  125  feet  in  dimensions,  so  there  is  room  enough  to  carry  a  large 
stock.  The  prices  quoted  are  the  lowest  in  the  market,  the  goods  are  Ai  in 
quality  and  come  straight  from  the  producers.  Employment  is  given  to  ten 
assistants  in  the  winter  aud  twenty  in  summer,  besides  four  traveling  men,  thus 
enabliug  all  orders  to  be  immediately  taken  as  well  as  accurately  filled  aud 
promptly  delivered.  The  firm  is  composed  of  Messrs.  C.  S.  Brewer  and  R.  M. 
Burdick,  both  well  known  in  business  and  social  circles. 


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THE  HUB  (Chas.  A.  Rennacker,  Managing  Partner), 
Clothiers,  Furnishers  and  Hatters,  Nos.  139  and  141  Asylum  Street. — To  be 
well-dressed  nowadays  does  not  necessitate  a  very  great  draft  upon  the  average 
income,  provided  proper  discrimination  is  exercised  in  the  selection  of  a 
clothier.  There  are  numerous  clothing  houses  that  claim  to  give  the  buyer  un- 
usual value  in  every  purchase,  but  there  are  comparatively  few  that  can  make 
good  this  assertion,  as  those  who  have  relied  upon  representations  made  through 
advertisements  and  otherwise  have  good  reason  to  know.  Still,  there  is  no 
lack  of  enterprise  and  honorable  dealing  in  the  clothing  trade  of  Hartford,  and 
the  buyer  can  get  the  full  worth  of  his  money  if  he  knows  the  right  place  in 
which  to  spend  it.  One  of  the  best  houses  in  this  respect,  and  one  where  the 
utmost  satisfaction  is  guaranteed  to  all  customers,  while  the  prices  charged  are 
most  moderate,  is  The  Hub,  Nos.  139  and  141  Asylum  Street.  This  business, 
which  was  founded  in  1875,  has  recently  passed  into  the  hands  of  men  of  the 
greatest  enterprise  and  thoroughly  experienced  and  reliable  as  clothiers,  fur- 
nishers and  hatters.  The  establishment,  which  covers  a  large  floor  40x125 
feet  in  measurement,  has  been  thoroughly  renovated  and  refitted,  while  the  old 
stock  has  been  entirely  cleaned  out  and  has  been  replaced  by  a  most  complete 
Hue  of  fine  clothing  in  the  latest  and  most  approved  styles,  and  an  elegant 
stock  of  men's  furnishing  goods,  hats,  canes  and  umbrellas,  etc.  They  manu- 
facture all  of  their  clothiug,  using  only  the  best  materials  and  employing  none 
but  skilled  workmen,  and  their  guarantee,  therefore,  means  much  more  than 
that  which  usually  accompanies  a  sale  of  clothing  in  the  average  store.  Their 
boys'  department  is  one  of  the  most  complete  in  the  city,  and  nowhere  else 
can  more  durable,  stylish  and  well-made  clothing  be  found  at  as  low  prices. 
It  is  a  model  store  in  every  respect  and  well-entitled  to  the  commanding 
position  it  holds  in  the  trade.  The  management  is  vested  in  the  capable  hands 
of  Mr.  Chas.  A.  Rennacker,  the  managing  partner,  who  is  assisted  by  a  staff  of 
seven  clerks  and  salesmen. 


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IN  DEX. 


PAGE 

A 

Abels,  Geo.  F 106 

Adams  Granite  and  Marble  Works 17 

vEtna  National  Bank  of  Hartford 100 

.Etna  Stamp  Works 66 

Ahem,  James 92 

Alderman,  J.  S 24 

Alexander,  John 54 

Allen,   Bros 92 

Allyn  House,  The 68 

American  Cycle  Repair  Co 22 

American  House 44 

Amidon,  F.  S 64 

Andrews  &  Peck 23 

Avery,  George 29 

B 

Bacon,  M.  M 87 

Backes,  F.  W 36 

Barlow,  J.  R 20 

Bartlett,  Geo.  D 33 

Baxter,  Wm.  G 46 

Beach  &Co 55 

Beck,  Frank  H S6 

Becker,  W.  E ">i 

Behner  &  Norton 26 

Bernard,  Weigelt  &  Son  12 

Besse,  P.  &J 64 

Betts,  E.  H 56 

Bibeau  &  Schreffer 78 

Bill  Bros 18 


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Billings,  H.  E no 

Birkery  Manufacturing  Co 53 

Bissell,  Geo.  P.,  &  Co 44 

Bissell,  J.  M 36 

Blair  &  Coxeter 66 

Blake,  Chas.  A.,  &  Co 36 

Blinn,  D.  H.,  &  Co 7 

Boardman,  Wm.,  &  Sons 101 

Buckley  Bros.  &  Co S6 

Bosworth,  S.  B 7 

Boucher  &  Cornwell 42 

Brady,  J.  J 106 

Brewer,  C.  S.  &  Co 120 

Brewster,  A.  L 72 

Brooks,  David  W 2S 

Brooks,  H.  P 84 

Brooks,  P.  A 64 

Brown,  Thompson  &  Co 4 

Brown,  William 13 

Buckley  Bros.  &  Co 86 

Bull,  N.  B.,  &Son 6S 

Burgess,  Henry  C 39 

Burr,  J.  B.,  &  Co 6S 

C 

Case,  C.  H,  &  Co 33 

Catlin,  A.,  Jr 82 

Centennial  American  Tea  Co 94 

Chapin,  Lyman  A 54 

Chapman,  Silas,  Jr 19 

Charter  Oak  City  Shirt 26 


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Charter  Oak  Marble  and  Granite  Works 14 

Citizens'  Butter  Store 74 

Clapp,  Fred.  C 24 

Clark,  D.  A 47 

Clark,  Edred 81 

Clark,  E.  S 94 

Claussen,  Edward  E 17 

Cohn,  A.,  &  Co 70 

Commercial  House 18 

Conant  Rubber  Co.,  G.  &  H.  1 88 

Conklin,  H.  W 90 

Cooley,  Francis  R 99 

Cook,  A.  D 3S 

Cook  &  Hills 2 

Co-operative  Coal  Co 10 

Co-operative  Savings  Society  of  Conn.,  The...  13 

Cordley,  F.  R.,  &  Co 70 

Corning,  H.  F.,  &  Co 7 

Cowles  Couch  Co.,  The 76 

Crary,  Edwin ...  7S 

Cressy,  Noah,  M.  D 118 

Cronin,  T 74 

Cushman  Chuck  Co.,  The 96 

D 

Dairy  Lunch  Room 32 

Daly,  Lawrence  106 

Daniels,  The  Printer 39 

Daniels,  N.  P 54 

Davis  &  Foster 87 

Davis,  Samuel 34 


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Denning,  C.  A 99 

De  Wolf  &  Wheelock 98 

Dunham,  E.  P 25 

Dunn,  P.  H no 

E 

Eagle  Dye  House 116 

Entress,  Albert 59 

Eldredge  Co.,  The no 

F 

Fiske,  J.  D.,  &  Co 42 

Fitz  Gerald,  Ransom  N 70,90 

Floral  Bazaar 72 

Forbes,  Edward  P 56 

Foster,  A.  L.  &  Co 30-31 

Fowler,  Roswell 19 

Frayer  &  Foster 32 

Frost,  Henry  D ...  14 

Fuller,  E.  A.  &  W.  F ' 52 

Furlong  &  Howard 74 

G 

Gaines,  Charles  M...  28 

Gallup  &  Metzger 90 

Gans,  L.  R 18 

Garvan,   P 20 

Garvie,  Robert 118 

Gately,  E.,  &  Co 39 

Gemmill,  Burnham  &  Co 114 

Goodrich,  Stephen,  &  Co 19 

Grant,  H.  W.,  &  Co 17 

Greene,  Daniel  E 19 

H 

Hagarty,  Joseph 40 

Half-Dime  Luuch 74 

Harding  &  Holbrook 37 


PAGE 

Hart,  H.  H 29 

Hartford  Building  and  Loan  Association 94 

Hartford  Business  College 7S 

Hartford  Carpet  Company 23 

Hartford  Coal  Company,  The 53 

Hartford  Coffee  House  Company 61 

Hartford  Engraving  Company 46,  54,  58,  59,  72 

Hartford  Lumber  Company,  The 55 

Hartford  One-Price  Clothing  Company 84 

Hartford  Optical  Company 59 

Hetzel  &  Hess 26 

"Hill"  Market,  The 103 

Hogan,  W.  B.,  &  Bro 104 

Honiss,  T.  A 108 

Hotel  Capitol 22 

House,  H.  S.,  &  Co 47 

Hub,  The 122 

Hube  Bros 14 

Hull,  A.  R 7 

Hurd,  Mellen  &  Hewes 120 


Ideal  Restaurant 116 


Jones&Little 58 

K 

Kashmann,  Joseph...    58 

Kelly  Bros 80 

Kellogg,  E.  N.  &  N.  0 40 

Kelsey,  Wm.  H.,  &  Co 86 

Keney,  Roberts  &  Co 43 

Kennedy,  J.  A 25 

Kenyon,  R.  P.,  &  Co 25 

King,  Horace  H 102 


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Lane,  Joseph  G 6 

Langdon,  T.  H 102 

Law,  Dr.  W.  H 88 

League  Cycle  Co.,  The 43 

Lee,  H.  K 11S 

Lincoln,  Seyms  &  Co 12 

Loughman,  Patrick 26 

Low,  David 23 

Loydon,  Fred  R no 

Lovell  &  Tracy  Co.,  The  114 

M 

Maercklein,  H 66 

Magical  Depot 65 

Maginn,  W.  F 26 

Mansuy  Carriage  Manufacturing  Co.,  The 52 

Mapes  Formula  &  Peruvian  Guano  Co 82 

Marchant,  George 84 

Martin,  J.  P 116 

Maslen,  Stephen ..  62 

Mather  Electric  Co.,  The 24 

May,  W.  J 39 

McClary,  John 40 

McGurk,  Bernard   96 

McMauus,  John   C  4S 

Merrow,  J.  B.,  &  Sons 62 

Moody,  John 102 

Mulcahy,  The  Outfitter 32 

Mulhall,  James 93 

Murray  Bros 58 

Myers,  G.  E S6 

N 

National  Machine  Co.,  The 76 

New  England  Home  Printing  Co.,  The S8 

New  England  Typewriter  Exchange 48 

Newton,  Robertson  S:  Co 62 


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Newton  &  Burnet 76 

New  York  Tea  Store,  The 87 

Nims,  Whitney  &  Co 38 

Noyes  &  Morris 84 

Nussbaum,  K 23 

P 

Palmer,  E.  M .  20 

Park  Drug  Company's  Pharmacy 103 

Park  Knitting  Works 108 

Patten,  H.  E 18 

Payne,  Cornwall  &  Co 8 

Pease,  L.,  &  Co 28 

Peck,  R.  S.,  &  Co 66 

Pelton,  W.  N.,  &  Co 98 

Pepion,  John,  &  Co 65 

Perkins  Electric  Switch  Manufacturing  Co 37 

Pierce,  L.   D 44 

Pierce's  Steam  Laundry  and  Carpet  Cleaning 

Works 22 

Pitkin  Bros.  &  Co 48 

Pomeroy,  A.  H 38 

Pond,  De  WittC 62 

Post,  Charles  A 96 

Pratt,  C.  W 5S 

Pratt  &  Whitney  Co 56 

Preissner  Bros 93 

Preston  Bros 34 

R 

Rapelye,  Charles  A 80 

Reiche,  Charles  E 102 

Reid,  J.  Wilkie 101 


PAGE 

Reuss,  Hugo 17 

Ricker,  Alfred  T 80 

Risley,  L.  S 72 

Russell,  John  S 112 

S 

Sail  &  McLaughlin 104 

Samuels,  J.,  &  Co 40 

Schall  Co.,  The  Ernst 96 

Schmidt  &  Fox 92 

Schroeder,  F 42 

Shelton,  Edward 47 

Sigourney  Tool  Company,  The 20 

Sill,  E.  M 86 

Simons,  E.,  &  Co 114 

Singer  Manufacturing  Company,  The 112 

Sisson,  T.,  &  Co 106 

State  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company 14 

Sloane,  John,  &  Co Si 

Smith,  A.  H 103 

Smith,  C.  H.,  Jr 112 

Smith,  M.  S 94 

Smith,  The  Horseshoer 52 

South  Park  Drug  Store 54 

South,  Sidney  F 102 

Starkie,  Walter 29 

Starr,  T.  K 104 

States  Machine  Co.,  The So 

Stoddard  &  Corkins 44 

Street,  Joseph,  &  Son 48 

Stuart,  Chas.  T 81 

Strickland  &  Shea 25 

Sykes.F.  A S2 


PAGE 

T 

Thomas,  A.  L 81 

Thorne  Typesetting  Machine  Co 16 

Tilton,  A.  F 70 

Tracy  &  Robinson 50 

Trout  Brook,  Ice  &  Feed  Company,  The 29 

Tucker's  Sons,   E 88 

Tuttle  &  Mather 37 

V. 

United  States  Hotel  101 

W. 

Walker,  Robert,  &  Co 116 

Wander,  Wm.,  &  Sons 50 

Warner  &  Willard  Co.,  The 93 

Webb  &  Shedd 24 

Webster  &  Burnes 22 

Weeks,  Geo.  H 34 

Westphall,  Wm 50 

Wiers,  H.  J.,  M.  D 108 

Wiley,  L.  G 33 

Wiley,  L.  N,  D.  D.  S 90 

Willes,  J.  H 103 

Williams,  Alfred,  &  Son 93 

Woodruff,  O.  D.,  &  Co 34 

Wooley's  Hack,  Livery  and  Boarding  Stables  38 

Woolley,  G.  W.,  &  Son 104 

Y 

Yeomans,  Henry  E 32 

z      , 

Zweygartt,  Henry  J 61 


